Tryphosites G.O. Sars, 1891

Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, New tryphosine amphipods from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Lysianassidae, Tryphosinae), Zootaxa 3844 (1), pp. 1-64 : 48-52

Tryphosites G.O. Sars, 1891

Tryphosites G.O. Sars, 1891: 91 .— Stebbing, 1906: 77.— Chevreux & Fage, 1925: 61.— Schellenberg, 1942: 107.—J.L. Barnard, 1969: 366.— Lincoln, 1979: 80.— Diviacco & Ruffo, 1989: 571.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 538.

Type species. Anonyx longipes Bate & Westwood, 1863 , original designation.

Included species. Tryphosites includes five species: T. alleni Sexton, 1911 ; T. chevreuxi Stebbing, 1914 ; T. colmani sp. nov.; T. longipes ( Bate, 1862) ; T. psittacus sp. nov.

Diagnostic description. Antenna 1 accessory flagellum not forming operculum. Antenna 2 flagellum article 5 slender (with brush setae). Mandibular incisor curved; palp attached midway. Maxilla 1 ST-7 serrate distally with smooth medial margin; ST-D slender, cuspidate along distal half of medial margin. Maxilliped outer plate apical robust setae present. Gnathopod 1 subchelate; coxa large, nearly as long as coxa 2, not tapering; carpus longer than propodus. Pereopod 4 coxa with well-developed posteroventral lobe. Uropod 2 inner ramus constricted. Uropod 3 rami with plumose setae. Telson moderate to deeply cleft.

Distribution. North Atlantic; Pacific Ocean.