Victoriopisa

Hossain, M. Belal & Hughes, L. E., 2016, New species Victoriopisa bruneiensis and Apocorophium acutum (Chevreux, 1908) from Brunei (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda), Zootaxa 4117 (3), pp. 375-386 : 384-385

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E97D7CF6-6E5A-4F50-B19A-9FC5EA52440A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055504

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87CB-B564-FF8F-FF05-F9E783B4FED9

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Victoriopisa
status

 

Key to world species of Victoriopisa (modified after Lim et al., 2010)

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. Gnathopod 2 dactylus posterior margin with proximal tooth and sinus...................... V. ryukyuensis Morino, 1991

- Gnathopod 2 dactylus posterior margin smooth.............................................................. 4

4. Epimera 1 to 3 posterodistal corner acute............................................. V. chilkensis ( Chilton, 1921)

- Epimera 1 to 3 posterodistal corner with small tooth......................................... V. bruneiensis sp. nov.

5. Uropod 3 outer ramus article 2 expanded............................................ V. multiartus Zhao et al., 2016

- Uropod 3 outer ramus article 2 slender..................................................................... 6

6. Antennae 1 article 2 margins with slender setae................................. V. guanorocana Ortiz & Lalana, 1989

- Antennae 1 article 2 distal margins without slender setae...................................................... 7

7. Antenna 1 accessory flagellum shorter than 1st segment of antennal flagellum..................................... 8

- Antenna 1 accessory flagellum longer than 1st segment of antennal flagellum..................................... 10

8. Gnathopod 1 propodus palm lobate............................................... V. australiensis ( Chilton, 1923)

- Gnathopod 1 propodus palm transverse or near transverse......................................................9

9. Male gnathopod 2 propodus palm with 2 excavations................................. V. epistomata ( Griffiths, 1974)

- Male gnathopod 2 propodus palm with 1 excavation........................................ V. wadi Ariyama, 2015

10. Pereopod 7 merus broadly expanded..................................................................... 11

- Pereopod 7 merus slightly expanded....................................... .. V. marina Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005

11. Gnathopod 1 coxa as long as wide........................................................ V. papiae Asari, 1998

- Gnathopod 1 coxa shorter than wide............................................ V. atlantica Stock & Platvoet, 1981

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Melitidae

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