Curidia Thomas, 1983

Ariyama, Hiroyuki, 2024, Curidia japonica sp. nov., the First Species of the Family Ochlesidae from the Northwest Pacific (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Species Diversity 29 (2), pp. 199-207 : 200

Genus Curidia Thomas, 1983

[New Japanese name: Ōgi-yokoebi-modoki-zoku]

Curidia Thomas, 1983: 127 ; J. L. Barnard and Karaman 1987: 857; J. L. Barnard and Karaman 1991: 402; Coleman and J. L. Barnard 1991b: 271; Berge et al. 1999: 244; Coleman 2007: 129.

Type species. Curidia debrogania Thomas, 1983 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Lateral cephalic lobe acutely projected anteroventrally. Pereonites raised into thin keels. Dorsal margins of pereonite 7 and pleonites 1–2 usually projected posteriorly. Dorsal margin of pleonite 3 with median hump. Posterolateral margin of pleonite 3 bearing pointed tooth. Antenna 1, peduncular articles 1–3 progressively shortened, articles 1 and 2 each with acute process posterodistally, flagellar article 1 elongate; antenna 2, peduncular article 4 bearing posterodistal process. Mandibular palp long, visible from outside. Maxilliped palp 1-articulated, with apical seta.

Included taxa. Nine species: C. andreae Coleman and Heinz, 2010 ; C. debrogania ; C. japonica sp. nov.; C. knoxi Lowry and Myers, 2003 ; C. magellanica Coleman and J. L. Barnard, 1991b ; C. monicae Ortiz, Lalana, and Varela, 2007 ; C. nunoi Winfield and Ortiz, 2013 ; C. ramonae Lowry and Myers, 2003 ; and C. wakabarae Souza-Filho and Serejo, 2008 .

Remarks. Curidia monicae may be a junior synonym of C. debrogania because of small morphological differences (see the below key) and closeness of the localities (both distributed in the Caribbean Sea and/or the Gulf of Mexico).