Sheardella Lowry, 1984

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2012, The Pachynidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) 3246, Zootaxa 3246 (1), pp. 1-69 : 57

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3246.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5251296

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/456087D3-361D-FFB1-B8DF-09D0FD7B4E75

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Sheardella Lowry, 1984
status

 

Sheardella Lowry, 1984 View in CoL

Sheardella Lowry, 1984: 54 View in CoL . ― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 529.

Type species. Sheardella kapala Lowry, 1984 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnostic description. Body shape slender. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, broadly rounded. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without posterodistal spine; accessory flagellum article 1 short; flagellum without callynophore in female. Mandible with accessory setal row present on both sides; left lamina dentata absent; palp attached midway; palp article 2 broad, article 3 with anterior margin convex, not tapered distally. Maxilla 1 outer plate setal-teeth with lateral and medial cusps, STA–STD present; palp well developed, slender or vestigial, 1-articulate or 2-articulate. Maxilliped inner plate small; outer plate large; palp 4-articulate, article 4 large. Gnathopod 1 ischium smaller than propodus; corner of palm with complex robust seta. Gnathopod 2 palm obtuse or transverse. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner broadly rounded. Uropod 3 uniramous.

Species composition. Sheardella kapala Lowry, 1984 View in CoL ; S. tangaroa Lowry, 1984 View in CoL .

Distribution. Southern Australia; 3–124 m depth.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Pakynidae

Loc

Sheardella Lowry, 1984

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. 2012
2012
Loc

Sheardella

Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. 1991: 529
Lowry, J. K. 1984: 54
1984
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