Thermoarcturidae

Poore, Gary C. B., 2015, Thermoarcturidae, a new crustacean family of three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera), Zootaxa 4007 (3), pp. 409-418 : 411

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3D2D89A3-2E1D-4449-A418-6F86DDB5C6A1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6109371

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF4865-1D1B-CF0D-FF24-8F19B982FCEF

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Plazi

scientific name

Thermoarcturidae
status

 

Key to genera and species of Thermoarcturidae View in CoL

1. Pleonite 3 with pair of long acute sublateral spines; male pleopod 1 exopod with area of fine setae about one third along, groove weakly defined.............................................................. Spinarcturus natalensis

- Pleonite 3 without or with short tubercles; male pleopod 1 exopod with well defined groove running to subapical notch.... 2

2. Pereonites and pleonites with transverse rows of submedian, sublateral and lateral tubercles bearing bead-like spheres; male pleopod 1 exopod with groove opening at notch about three-quarters along, without ventral keel or tooth................................................................................................. Califarcturus tannerensis View in CoL

- Pereonites with simple sublateral spines, pleotelson scarcely ornamented; male pleopod 1 exopod with groove opening at end of subdistal rounded lobe, with prominent keel ending in tooth on anterior (ventral) face...... Thermoarcturus venezuelensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

SubOrder

Valvifera

Family

Thermoarcturidae

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