Phronimidae, Rafinesque, 1815

Kim, June & Kim, Ho-Young Soh and Young-Hyo, 2025, A newly recorded species of the genus Phronima (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea, Phronimidae) from off Jeju Island, Korea, Journal of Species Research 14 (1), pp. 81-85 : 84

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2025.14.1.081

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD5F5867-8C5C-FFB1-F5AE-A7BEFA7EFE2E

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Felipe

scientific name

Phronimidae
status

 

Key to species of the family Phronimidae View in CoL from Korean waters

1. Pereonites 1 & 2 separate; uropod 2 well-developed ··· 2 - Pereonites 1 & 2 partially fused; uropod 2 rudimenta-

ry or absent ·········· Phronimella elongata (Claus, 1862) 2. Pereopod 5, carpal protuberance bifid ·························

················ Phronima atlantica Guérin-Méneville, 1836

- Pereopod 5, carpal protuberance single······················ 3

3. Head subequal length to pereonites 1-3 combined; uropod 2, both rami subequal in length ······················· ················ Phronima solitaria Guérin-Méneville, 1844

- Head subequal length to pereonites 1-4 combined; uropod 2, outer ramus longer than inner ramus ··········· ··························· Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775)

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