Photis Krøyer, 1842

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.15190515

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F6B71422-21DB-51BF-A7E4-483179146633

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scientific name

Photis Krøyer, 1842
status

 

Genus Photis Krøyer, 1842 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Antenna 1 accessory flagellum vestigial or absent. Coxae 1 and 2 subequal in length with coxae 3 and 4. Gnathopod 2 sexually dimorphic. Male gnathopod 2 subchelate; dactylus slender. Female gnathopod 2 propodus anterior margin sparsely to moderately setose. Female pereopods 3 and 4 oostegites broadly expanded, longer than basis. Urosomites separate. Uropods 1 and 2 inner ramus lanceolate with apical robust setae. Uropod 3 inner ramus minute.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

ParvOrder

Caprellidira

SuperFamily

Caprelloidea

Family

Photidae