Shoemakerella Pirlot, 1936

Sorrentino, Rayane, Senna, André R. & Lowry, James K., 2014, A new species and first record of the genus Shoemakerella Pirlot, 1936 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassidae) from Brazil, Zootaxa 3784 (4), pp. 484-492 : 485

Genus Shoemakerella Pirlot, 1936

Shoemakerella Pirlot, 1936: 264 .— Lowry & Stoddart, 1989: 236.— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 530.— Lowry & Stoddart, 1997: 92.

Emended diagnosis (emended characters in bold). Antenna 1, callynophore absent in female, weak l-field in male. Antenna 2, in male, peduncular article 4 not enlarged, flagellum not elongate. Epistome not produced. Upper lip produced. Mandible without protuberance on midposterior margin; lacinia mobilis absent; molar a smooth flap with medial row of stout setae and finely setose margins. Maxilla 1, outer plate, left and right ST7 symmetrical, STB to STD apically bifurcate; palp apically serrate. Gnathopod 1 simple, not sexually dimorphic. Gnathopod 2 minutely to strongly subchelate. Pereopods 3 and 4 in male, merus and carpus without plumose setae along posterior margin. Uropod 3, peduncle short, with lateral flange; male peduncle and rami without plumose setae; outer ramus l-articulate. Telson entire. Modified from Lowry & Stoddart (1997).

Type species. Lysianax cubensis Stebbing, 1897 , selected by Lowry & Stoddart, 1989.

Composition. The genus Shoemakerella includes four species: S. barnardi Lowry & Stoddart, 2009 ; S. cubensis ( Stebbing, 1897) ; S. lowryi Gable & Lazo-Wasem, 1990 ; and S. subchelata sp. nov.