Clepidecrella J.L. Barnard, 1962

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2010, Kergueleniidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters, Zootaxa 2564 (1), pp. 1-30 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2329.1.3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5308648
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scientific name	Clepidecrella J.L. Barnard
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Clepidecrella J.L. Barnard View in CoL

Clepidecrella J.L. Barnard, 1962: 24 View in CoL . —J.L. Barnard, 1969: 338. — Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 476. — Lowry & Stoddart, 1994: 144.

Diagnosis. Mandible with vestigial incisor.

Remarks. As noted by Lowry & Stoddart (1994: 144) there is very little difference between Clepidecrella and Kerguelenia . However the two genera can be consistently distinguished by the presence of a vestigial incisor in Clepidecrella and the complete absence of an incisor in Kerguelenia . Apart from one species ( C. tropicalis ) Clepidecrella species have a short ischium on gnathopod 1 (length less than 2 x breadth) whereas all Kerguelenia species have a long or very long ischium (length up to 4.8 x breadth).

Clepidecrella now contains 6 species: Clepidecrella cabinda J.L. Barnard, 1962 ; C. abeona sp. nov.; C. cataraqui sp. nov.; C. colliboi sp. nov.; C. ira sp. nov.; C. tropicalis Lowry & Stoddart, 1994

References

Barnard, J. L. (1962) South Atlantic abyssal amphipods collected by R. V. Vema. Abyssal Crustacea. Vema Research Series 1, 1 - 78.

Barnard, J. L. (1969) The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 271, 1 - 535.

Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. (1991) The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 13 (1 & 2), 1 - 866.

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. (1994) Crustacea Amphipoda, Lysianassoids from the tropical western South Pacific Ocean. in A. Crosnier (ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 12. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Series A, Zoology, 161, 127 - 223.