Dulichiella Stout, 1912

Wongkamhaeng, Koraon, Pattaratumrong, Manasawan Saengsakda & Puttapreecha, Ratchanee, 2014, Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species, ZooKeys 408, pp. 1-18 : 1-2

Dulichiella Stout, 1912 Figures 2-9

Diagnosis.

( Lowry and Springthorpe 2007) Head anteroventral corner with several long, slender setae. Antenna 1 longer than antenna 2. Maxilla 1 inner plate long, narrow, tapering distally, with 2 well developed apical plumose setae. Maxilla 2 inner plate with oblique setal row. Gnathopod 2 male, asymmetrical, significantly unequal in size; palm in larger slightly obtuse; those of female equal in size. Pereopods 5-7 distal articles strongly to weakly setose; dactylar ungues with accessory spines. Pereopods 6 and 7 in males with bunches of long slender setae. Pereopod 7 basis in female fully expanded. Pleonites dorsally serrate. Uropod 3 inner ramus scale-like; outer ramus 4 to 5 × longer than wide, 2-articulate. Telson deeply cleft, lobes tapering distally to an acute point.

Typespecies.

Dulichiella spinosa Stout, 1912 (type by monotypy).

Species composition.

Dulichiella appendiculata Say, 1818; Dulichiella australis Haswell, 1879; Dulichiella celestun Paz-Rios & Ardisson, 2014; Dulichiella cotesi Giles, 1890; Dulichiella cuvettensis Appadoo & Myers, 2005; Dulichiella fresnellii (Audouin, 1826); Dulichiella guinea Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007; Dulichiella lecroyae Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007; Dulichiella oahu Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007; Dulichiella pacifica Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005; Dulichiella pattaniensis sp. n.; Dulichiella spinosa Stout, 1912 (type species); Dulichiella takedai Tomikawa & Komatsu; Dulichiella terminos Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007; Dulichiella tomioka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007; Dulichiella tulear Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007.