Victoriopisa

Zhao, Shuangyan, Liu, Cunqi & Hou, Zhonge, 2016, Description of a new species of Victoriopisa Karaman & Barnard, 1979 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eriopisidae) from China, with a key to the genus Victoriopisa, Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 231-243 : 242-243

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F6008676-CA6B-491B-8848-2AD634DBF01A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5686518

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0396027C-4734-7D13-FF45-F8FDFA2EF055

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Victoriopisa
status

 

Key to the species of Victoriopisa

1. Eyes weakly developed................................................................................. 2

- Eyes absent.......................................................................................... 5

2. Head with anteroventral cheek notch............................................... V. tinggiensis Lim et al., 2010

- Head lacking anteroventral cheek notch.................................................................... 3

3. Epimeral plate III posteroventral corner rounded...................................... V. ryukyuensis Morino, 1991

- Epimeral plate III produced to tooth...................................................................... 4

4. Propodus palm of gnathopod II with three prominences...................................... V. papiae Asari, 1983

- Propodus palm of ganthopod II lacking prominence.................................... V. chilkensis ( Chilton, 1921)

5. Gnathopod II with excavated palm........................................................................ 6

- Gnathopod II with smoothed palm....................................................................... 7

6. Terminal article of outer ramus in uropod III dilated as oval-shaped.............................. V. multiartus sp. nov.

- Terminal article of outer ramus in uropod III slender....................................... V. wadai Ariyama, 2015

7. Telson with distal spines.................................................... V. atlantica Stock & Platvoet, 1981

- Telson with no distal spines............................................................................. 8

8. Epimera I posteroventral margin bearing a few plumose setae........................... V. epistomata ( Griffiths, 1974)

- Epimera I posteroventral margin with no plumose setae...................................................... 9

9. Pereopod VII with broadly expanded basis and merus................................. V. australiensis ( Chilton, 1923)

- Pereopod VII with normal basis and merus.................................. V. marina Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Melitidae

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