Amphipoda Latreille 1816

Takeuchi, Ichiro & Lowry, James K., 2019, A taxonomic study on Orthoprotella and related genera (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) of New South Walesı Australia, Journal of Natural History 53 (17), pp. 1023-1059 : 1025

Order Amphipoda Latreille 1816

Family Caprellidae Leach 1814

Genus Metaprotella Mayerı 1890

Diagnosis

Head fused (suture present) with pereonite 1. Antenna 1 well developed; flagellum with more than 2 articles. Antenna 2 well developed; flagellum with 2 articles. Mandible well developed; molar presentı well developed; palp 3-articulateı setal formula 1 – x – 1 or 1 – x – y – 1. Maxilliped well developed; inner plate (basal endite) smaller than outer plate (ischial endite); outer plate (ischial endite) well developed; palp article 3 without distal projection; palp article 4 well developed. Pereonite 4 clavate appendage absent. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused. Pereopod 3 vestigialı with 1 – 2 articles. Pereopod 4 vestigialı with 1 – 2 articles. Pereopod 5 well developedı with 7 articlesı with sparseı short setaeı with welldeveloped dactylus. Pereopods 6 and 7 well developedı with 7 articles. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4. Pleopods absent. Uropods with 1 or 2 pairs. Uropod 1 uniramous. Uropod 2 vestigial (unclear). Telson (dorsal lobe) present.

Type species

Protella Haswelliana Mayerı 1882 ı original designation.

Included species

Metaprotella includes 13 species: M. africana Mayerı 1903 ; M. excentrica Mayerı 1890 ; M. guileri sp. nov.; M. haswelliana (Mayerı 1882) ; M. hummelincki McCainı 1968 ; M. macoranicus Momtazi and Sariı 2013 ; M. makrodactylos Stebbingı 1910 ; M. mauritiensis Guerra- Garcíaı 2003; M. problematica Mayerı 1890 ; M. sandalensis Mayerı 1898 ; M. solitaria sp. nov.; M. tanzaniensis Guerra-Garcíaı 2002 ; M. unguja Larsenı 1997 .

Remarks

The generic diagnosis of the genus Metaprotella is specified in Takeuchi and Lowry (2007a) and Lim et al. (2012).