Metopa Boeck, 1871

Krapp-Schickel, T., 2009, New and poorly described stenothoids (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Pacific Ocean., Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (1), pp. 95-116 : 103

Genus Metopa Boeck, 1871

Diagnosis. Palp of mandible with 3–2 articles. Palp of maxilla 1 with 1 article. Inner plate of maxilla 2 ordinary. Inner plates of maxilliped often fused or well separated (type). Gnathopod 1 small, almost simple, but variable, propodus scarcely expanded, almost linear, carpus elongate. Peraeopod 5 with rectolinear basis, peraeopod 6–7 with expanded basis. Telson entire, flappable.