Julidae Leach, 1814
publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.7 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3ABDF59C-E85E-455F-8D4F-41A59E947433 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15225176 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E5A87EC-6007-D43A-FF73-05CCEB62FBA2 |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Julidae Leach, 1814 |
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Family Julidae Leach, 1814 View in CoL
The main distinguishing external characters of the family:metazonital surface mostly striate all over the circumference; prozona mostly smooth; molar plate of mandibles with two deep transverse grooves; mainly with eyes; male leg pair 1 modified (often reduced to small hooks or a plate with rudiments of telopodites); other male legs often with ventral pads on one or several podomeres; gonopods largely retractable inside a pouch of ring 7; gonopods consisting of three or two pieces; vulvae oblong.
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