Paraloiloi, Myers, 1995

Horton, Tammy, 2008, Amphipoda from marine caves of Hong Kong Island, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 825-854 : 839

Paraloiloi sp. A

Material examined

Steep Island Cave , eight female specimens, NHM Reg. Nos. 2005.13–20; Telegraph Bay, 2 female specimens, NHM Reg. Nos. 2005.11–12 .

Remarks

The genus Paraloiloi is closest to Aloiloi Barnard , but differs in the much more elongate eye lobes, rod shaped mandibular palp article 3, elongate maxilliped article 4, slender antennae, with flagella equal in length to peduncle, enlarged basis and small subequal carpus and propodus of male gnathopod 2, uropod 2 with interramal tooth and uropod 3 with rami longer than peduncle. Paraloiloi is a monotypic genus with Paraloiloi vaga from Papua New Guinea its only described species. Paraloiloi sp. A differs from that species by the formation of the coxae, gnathopod 1 lacking any palmar projections, gnathopod 2 propodus larger than the carpus, mandibular palp article 3 not rod shaped but falcate, article 2 elongate, the interramal projection on uropod 2 extends more than halfway along the rami (in P. vaga it extends to about one third of the rami). However, more specimens, including adult males are required before a complete description can be made.