Jerbarnia Croker

Krapp-Schickel, Traudl & Vader, Wim, 2009, On some Maerid genera (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae) collected by the Hourglass Cruises (Florida). Part 1: Genera Anamaera, Ceradocus, Clessidra gen. nov., Jerbarnia, Maera, Meximaera, with a key to world Ceradocus, Journal of Natural History 43 (33 - 34), pp. 2057-2086 : 2077

Genus Jerbarnia Croker

Diagnostic characters

Eyes ovate. Pleon and urosome dentate. A1 peduncle subequal to flagellum, peduncular art2 unusually long, acc. flagellum short. A2 flagellum not longer than art5 of peduncle. Mx1,2 not medially setose, without facial setae. Mxp dactylus lacking. Cx 1–4 in female short, in male Cx2 much longer than Cx1, 3, 4. Gn1 with elongate rectangular propodus. Gn 2 male asymmetrical, the smaller like the one in female, the larger with elongate basis and ischium, propodus subrectangular, palm oblique, sculptured. Pleopods with one-articulate rami. U3 greatly extended, magniramous. T very short, cleft halfway, lobes almost truncate, with weak apical spination .