Microscina, Zeidler, 2012

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2012, A review of the hyperiidean amphipod families Mimonectidae and Proscinidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Scinoidea) 3533, Zootaxa 3533, pp. 1-74 : 68

publication ID

05E6B404-FE63-424E-BF49-074E96537C79

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05E6B404-FE63-424E-BF49-074E96537C79

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5257980

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E6B7221-CD4E-FFDF-8AA1-FA51FB3599AB

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Felipe

scientific name

Microscina
status

gen. nov.

Genus Microscina View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species: Microscina rostrata View in CoL sp. nov., by present designation.

Diagnosis. As with the characters of the family with the following additions. Cuticle very thin, translucent. Antennae 1 with relatively broad, lanceolate callynophore. Pereon of females slightly inflated due to enlargement of pereonites 1–4. Pereopods with margins of most articles slightly serrated. Uropoda; peduncles and rami with slightly serrated margins.

One species.

Etymology. The new genus name makes reference to the unusually small buccal mass.

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