Quasimelita

Labay, Vjacheslav S., 2014, Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). II. Genera Quasimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 and Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934, Zootaxa 3869 (3), pp. 237-280 : 269

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:04AF511A-F326-463C-9A5C-D5620273F8C0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5677653

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B93172-9437-927E-CDA3-3DBF6AF3FA09

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Quasimelita
status

 

Key to species of genus Quasimelita View in CoL

1. Eyes absent, antenna 1 as long as body length............................ Quasimelita abyssorum ( Stephensen, 1944) View in CoL

- Eyes present, antenna 1 shorter than body length............................................................ 2

2. Pleon segments with dorsal carination.................................................................... 3

- Pleon segments without dorsal carination.................................................................. 5

3. Pleon segments 1–3 with one large central tooth and two small lateral teeth each............. Quasimelita tolyza View in CoL sp. nov.

- Only pleon segments 2–3 with one central tooh each......................................................... 4

4. Anterior head lobe large, rounded, coxa 1 not serrated, with rounded anterior corner, basis of pereopod 7 linear.................................................................................. Quasimelita formosa ( Murdoch, 1885) View in CoL

- Anterior head lobe truncated ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 c), coxa 1 serrated, with pointed anterior corner, basis of pereopod 7 expanded, with rounded posterior wing.................................................. Quasimelita serraticoxae View in CoL sp. nov. (part)

5. Anterior head lobe large, rounded, coxa 1 not serrated, with rounded anterior corner................................ 6

- Anterior head lobe truncated ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 c), coxa 1 serrated, with pointed anterior corner...................................................................................................... Quasimelita serraticoxae View in CoL sp. nov. (part)

6. Outer ramous of uropod 3 is short, slightly longer than peduncle length......... Quasimelita quadrispinosa ( Vosseler, 1889) View in CoL

- Outer ramous of uropod 3 is long, 2.9–3.3 times as long as peduncle....................... Quasimelita jarettii View in CoL sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Melitidae

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