Nepanamixis dianthus Thomas, 1997

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244023

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFE8-FFC5-FF71-EBD9FCDD8FCD

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scientific name

Nepanamixis dianthus Thomas, 1997
status

 

Nepanamixis dianthus Thomas, 1997 View in CoL

Nepanamixis dianthus Thomas, 1997: 74–77 View in CoL , figs 19, 20.

Type locality and specimens. Carrie Bow Cay , Belize. Holotype, anamorph male, 2.44 mm, USNM 243334 About USNM ; paratypes anamorph male, 2.39 mm, USNM 243335 About USNM , leucomorph males, 2.52 mm, USNM 243336 About USNM , 2.00 mm, USNM 243337 About USNM , leucomorph female, 1.93 mm, USNM 243338 About USNM .

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Thomas (1997).

Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1 carpus inflated, inner margin cuspate. Gnathopod 2 carpus with serrate lateral ridge; propodus elongate. Coxa 4 ventral margin crenulate.

Leucomorph (juvenile/sexually dimorphic characters). Male. Mouthparts well developed. Coxae 1–2 relative widths 1.0: 2.6. Gnathopod 1 coxa distal margin setose with projection; carpus length 5.2 x width, proximal margin smooth, terminal ornamentation consisting of four terminal spines; propodus posterior margin with a short, thick spine-seta; palm dentate; dactylus with proximal notch, between 0.1 and 0.2 x propodus length. Gnathopod 2 carpus 0.6 x propodus length, straight, distally rounded, anterior margin smooth; propodus posterior margin with spines/serrations, with one mediofacial setal row above midline, palm sub-rectangular with 1–6 major tubercles; dactylus reaching 0.5–0.7 x propodus length. Female: Gnathopod 2 smaller, propodus palm more oblique and slightly excavate.

Note. Leucomorphs were confirmed by Thomas [1997] from rearing experiments.

Habitat. Among coral rubble; 1–2 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Caribbean Sea: Belize ( Thomas 1997).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Leucothoidae

Genus

Nepanamixis

Loc

Nepanamixis dianthus Thomas, 1997

White, Kristine N. 2011
2011
Loc

Nepanamixis dianthus

Thomas, J. D. 1997: 77
1997
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