Leucothoidae Dana, 1852
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5243911 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFF3-FFDE-FF71-E8FCFAB288D0 |
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Felipe |
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Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 |
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Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Body laterally compressed, cuticle smooth. Pereonite 1 with lateral locking-ridge in anamixid clade. Accessory flagellum minute, 1–2 articulate or lacking. Maxilliped outer plates small; palp four articulate. Mouthparts well developed in leucothoid clade: Mandibular palp three articulate, molar absent. Maxilla 1 palp one or two articulate. Mouthparts greatly reduced in anamixid clade. Gnathopod 1 carpochelate, sometimes absent in the anamixid clade. Gnathopod 2 carpochelate. Pereopods 5–7 bases usually expanded. Urosomites free. Telson entire. Leucothoid clade with little to moderate sexual dimorphism. Anamixid clade with extreme sexual dimorphism.
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