Monoliropus Mayer, 1903

Hong, Soon-Sang, Heo, Jun-Haeng & Kim, Young-Hyo, 2015, A new species of Monoliropus Mayer, 1903 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) from Korean waters, ZooKeys 517, pp. 111-121 : 112

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.517.9915

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:74F10811-B0DD-4980-9D53-D791746D5CB7

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/12B4542D-326A-A948-2E69-38CD7CAEB41B

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scientific name

Monoliropus Mayer, 1903
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Amphipoda Caprellidae

Genus Monoliropus Mayer, 1903 View in CoL

Type species.

Monoliropus agilis Mayer, 1903

Diagnosis.

Antenna 2, flagellum biarticulate, swimming setae absent; mandibular palp bi- or triarticulate; pereonites 3-4 with gills; pereopods 3-4 present, uniarticulate; in male, abdomen with a pair of uni- or biarticulate appendages and a pair of lobes.

Species composition.

The genus contains seven species, Monoliropus agilis Mayer, 1903, Monoliropus concavimanus Horton, 2008, Monoliropus enodis Rayol & Serejo, 2003, Monoliropus falcimanus Mayer, 1904, Monoliropus hapipandi Guerra-García, 2004, Monoliropus kazemii Momtazi & Sari, 2013, and Monoliropus tener Arimoto, 1968.