Morinoia paludosus ( Cheng, Nakazono, Lin & Chan, 2011 )

Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A., 2022, Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 5100 (1), pp. 1-53 : 36-37

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6312361

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scientific name

Morinoia paludosus ( Cheng, Nakazono, Lin & Chan, 2011 )
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Morinoia paludosus ( Cheng, Nakazono, Lin & Chan, 2011) View in CoL

( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 )

Platorchestia japonica View in CoL .— Miyamoto & Morino 2004: 83–88, figs 8–10, 15.

Platorchestia paludosus Cheng, Nakazono, Lin & Chan, 2011: 4 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 2–10.

Morinoia paludosus Lowry & Myers, 2019: 61 View in CoL , fig. 27.

Types. Holotype, male, NMNS —6519-001 . Paratypes: 4 males and 4 females, NMNS 6519-002 View Materials 06519-009 View Materials ; 2 males and 2 females, AM P.84807); 2 males and 2 females, ASIZCR 000230.

Type locality. Guan-du , Taipei County, Taiwan .

Ecological type. Marsh-hopper.

Habitat. Marsh-hopper living in salt marshes and under fallen leaves and grass in humid places such as banks of streamlets and paddy fields. According to Cheng et al. 2011 the salt marsh in Guan-du, Taiwan is dominated by Phragmites communis (L.) Trin. and Brachiaria mutica (Forsk) Stapf. , with irregular flooding after raining. Platorchestia paludosus was found under leaf-litter of Brachiaria mutica (Forsk) on the water front of estuarine marshes.

Size. 7–8 mm.

Diagnosis. Based on Miyamoto & Morino (2004).

Pleopods rami about as long as peduncle. Uropod 3 ramus about 0.7 × length of peduncle. Telson with 4 robust setae per lobe.

Remarks. See remarks under M. humicola and under M. japonica .

Distribution. Taiwan: Guan-du ( Cheng et al. 2011); Tanshui and Nanfang-ao ( Miyamoto & Morino 2004).

NMNS

National Museum of Natural Science

AM

Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Talitridae

Genus

Morinoia

Loc

Morinoia paludosus ( Cheng, Nakazono, Lin & Chan, 2011 )

Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A. 2022
2022
Loc

Morinoia paludosus

Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A. 2019: 61
2019
Loc

Platorchestia japonica

Miyamoto, H. & Morino, H. 2004: 83
2004
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