Podocerus Leach, 1814

Sir, Sally J. & White, Kristine N., 2025, Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part IV: parvorder Caprellidira, ZooKeys 1234, pp. 151-205 : 151-205

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.145826

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:015A0803-9479-4905-8A7D-FECF01495883

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15190528

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/85B04EC6-6A02-5A42-AAD0-21D6F1AD57E1

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scientific name

Podocerus Leach, 1814
status

 

Genus Podocerus Leach, 1814 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Body often with dorsal elevations or carinate, pereon segments 2 and 3 fused. Antenna 2 longer than antenna 1, stout. Head not globular, buccal mass similar in size to head. Coxae discontiguous. Urosomites separate, urosomite 1 elongate. Uropods 1–3 dissimilar in structure; uropod 3 greatly reduced.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

ParvOrder

Caprellidira

SuperFamily

Caprelloidea

Family

Podoceridae