Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2004, A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 567, pp. 1-66 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030003

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03931615-EC62-FFE3-FEDF-FC3CFE02F9EF

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scientific name

Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830
status

 

Genus Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830 View in CoL

Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830: 394 View in CoL .

Hieraconyx Guérin­Méneville, 1836b: 4–5 .

Cheiropristis Natale, 1850: 8.

Type species

Anchylomera blossevillii Milne­Edwards, 1830 . Type material could not be found at the MNHN or ANSP and is considered lost.

Diagnosis

Body length up to 11 mm, but usually 6–8 mm. Head globular. Pereonites 1 & 2 fused. Pereopods 3 & 4 subchelate, with large tooth­like carpal process. Pereopod 5 with very broad articles; carpus with distal margin with short, rounded teeth, forming perfect folding hand with propodus. Pereopod 6 prehensile, with dilated carpus. Pereopod 7 reduced to basis and at least two additional articles, sometimes complete. Gills with folds. Monotypic.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

SubOrder

Hyperiidea

SuperFamily

Phronimoidea

Family

Phrosinidae

Loc

Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830

Zeidler, Wolfgang 2004
2004
Loc

Hieraconyx Guérin­Méneville, 1836b: 4–5

Guerin-Meneville, F. E. 1836: 5
1836
Loc

Anchylomera Milne­Edwards, 1830: 394

Milne-Edwards, H. 1830: 394
1830
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