Menigratopsis Dahl 1945
- Dataset
- A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Lysianassidae
- genus
- Menigratopsis
description
(Fig. 25)
discussion
Remarks. Based on the weakly subchelate gnathopod 1 with a long carpus and the moderately or deeply cleft telson Menigratopsis is similar to Cicadosa, Des and Parschisturella. It differs from these genera in its peculiar plate-like mandibular molar and maxilla 2 with the inner and outer plates subequal in length.
distribution
Distribution. North-east Atlantic Ocean.
type_taxon
Type species. Menigratopsis svennilssoni Dahl, 1945, monotypy. Included species. Menigratopsis includes one species: M. svennilssoni Dahl, 1945. Diagnostic description. Antenna 1 peduncle article 1 without anterodistal lobe; accessory flagellum with an elongate article 1 (at least twice as long as article 2) partially covering callynophore. Antenna 2 without brush setae. Mandible molar plate-like. Maxilla 1 outer plate with 10 well-developed setal-teeth in modified 7 / 4 crown. Maxilla 2 inner plate subequal in length to outer plate. Gnathopod 1 weakly subchelate, appearing simple; coxa 1 large, about as long as coxa 2, subrectangular with straight anterior margin; ischium short (length less than 2 × breadth); carpus long (length 2 to 4 × breadth); propodus margins tapering distally. Uropod 2 inner ramus not constricted. Telson moderately to deeply cleft.
Name
- Homonyms
- Menigratopsis Dahl 1945