Elasmopus, Costa, 1853

Yoshimura, Hiro & Tomikawa, Ko, 2025, A new species of the genus Elasmopus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae), from Honshu, Japan, Zootaxa 5653 (2), pp. 286-296 : 295-296

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.2.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03A959AB-44E6-4FC6-9F81-7A6FBF8C06C9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15840110

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F0346A15-FFDB-FFFE-FF0D-EA76FA6F7D73

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Elasmopus
status

 

Key to the species of Elasmopus View in CoL found in Japan

1 Male gnathopod 2 propodus palmar margin with a few clusters of slender setae; pereopods 6–7 basis with long setae on posterior margin; telson longer than wide............................................................ E. nkjaf View in CoL

- Male gnathopod 2 propodus palmar margin with densely slender setae; pereopods 6–7 basis without long setae on posterior margins; telson shorter than wide........................................................................ 2

2 Urosomite 1 with triangular process dorsally...................................................... E. japonicus View in CoL

- Urosomite 1 dorsally smooth............................................................................ 3

3 Male gnathopod 2 propodus mid-palmer margin with a long ridge; pereopod 7 merus to propodus with slender setae on posterior margins................................................................................... E. mukuinu View in CoL

- Male gnathopod 2 propodus mid-palmer margin with a well-developed process; pereopod 7 merus to propodus without slender setae on posterior margins.............................................................. E. projectus sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Maeridae

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