Phtisica Slabber 1769
- Dataset
- New discoveries for the subfamily Phtisicinae Vassilenko, 1968 (Crustacea: Senticaudata) from the Brazilian coast
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Phtisicidae
- genus
- Phtisica
diagnosis
Diagnosis Antenna 2 flagellum 2 – 5 articulate. Swimming setae absent. Mandible palp 3 - articulate, setal formula 1 – x – y – 1, molar absent. Maxilliped external plate equal to or little larger than outer plate. Pereopods 3 – 4 6 - articulate, pereopod 5 5 - articulate. Male abdomen with two lobes, three pair of appendages. Female abdomen with two appendages and pair of lobes (modified from McCain 1968).
Name
- Homonyms
- Phtisica Slabber 1769