ISCHYROCERIDAE STEBBING, 1899

Souza-Filho, Jesser F. & Serejo, Cristiana S., 2014, On the phylogeny of Ischyroceridae (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Corophiida), with the description of a new genus and eight new species from deep-sea Brazilian waters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (1), pp. 34-85 : 47

FAMILY ISCHYROCERIDAE STEBBING, 1899

Diagnosis

Head lateral cephalic lobe not or only weakly extended, eye, if present, situated proximal to lobe; anteroventral margin moderately to strongly recessed and moderately excavated. Mandible palp, if present, article 3 symmetrical, distally rounded, setae extending along most of posterodistal margin, posterior margin with setae of variable length. Gnathopod 1 not enlarged in males or females. Gnathopod 2 enlarged in males. Pereopods 5–7 not subchelate. Urosomites usually not coalesced. Uropod 3 peduncle broad proximally and narrow distally; rami with tiny apical setae, outer ramus 1-articulate, with or without recurved apical spines. Telson with or without rows of recurved hooks, with or without patches of short denticles (modified from Myers & Lowry, 2003).