Oplophorus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1031.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5052970 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D05B22-FF8C-A20F-FE9E-FBE84F120C4A |
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Felipe |
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Genus Oplophorus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 View in CoL
Oplophorus H. Milne Edwards, 1837: 423 View in CoL ; Chace, 1986: 57; Holthuis: 39, fig. 19.
Diagnosis: Rostrum with as many or more dorsal as ventral teeth. Carapace not denticulate dorsally; without lateral gastroorbital carina; branchiostegal groove present, not delimited by vertical groove, without hepatic spine. Abdomen somite 3 to 5 with strong dorsal tooth; somite 6 shorter than 5, without dorsal carina. Telson tapering to sharply acute apex; with or without spinose end piece. Scaphocerite with lateral teeth (except in O. novazeelandiae ). Mandible not very dissimilar, incisor process in entire length. Pereopods with ischium and merus not broadly compressed. Pereopod 4 with epipod well developed, except for vertical component. Appendix masculina present on second pleopod. Eggs large and few (less than 50) (modified from Chace 1986).
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Oplophorus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
| Cardoso, Irene & Contents, Paulo Young Table Of 2005 |
Oplophorus
| Chace, F. A. 1986: 57 |