Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997

White, Kristine N., 2024, Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part III: parvorder Lysianassidira, ZooKeys 1216, pp. 149-171 : 149-171

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1216.135258

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:67B6C273-62C5-4F89-AE63-316B73D65D55

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13988736

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5477E6BE-8893-5CF9-B18C-DA17F10A7295

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scientific name

Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997
status

 

Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997

Figs 9 View Figure 9 , 11 D View Figure 11

Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997: 109–113, figs 52–53; LeCroy 2007: 586, fig. 502. View in CoL

Material examined.

Panama • 1.5 mm • 1 ♀; Bocas del Toro, Cayo Zapatilla 1; 9.2700°N, 82.0587°W; depth 10–11 m, among coral rubble; 28 June 2023; K. N. White leg.; USNM 1739787 About USNM GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Head ocular lobe subtriangular. Gnathopod 1 carpus shorter than propodus. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner acute. Urosomite 1 with dorsodistally acute carina. Uropod 3 inner ramus bare; outer ramus 2 - articulate.

Distribution.

USA: from Sanibel Island, Florida to Louisiana ( Lowry and Stoddart 1997; LeCroy 2007); Panama: Bocas del Toro (present study).

Ecology and remarks.

These amphipods are associated with sand and coral rubble at depths of 10– 73 m. Panamanian specimens closely resemble previously described specimens. Panamanian specimens are white in color when alive.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Lysianassidae

Genus

Orchomenella

Loc

Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997

White, Kristine N. 2024
2024
Loc

Orchomenella thomasi

LeCroy SE 2007: 586
Lowry JK & Stoddart HE 1997: 113
1997