Salentinellidae Bousfield, 1977
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6150691 |
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Salentinellidae Bousfield, 1977 |
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Salentinellidae Bousfield, 1977 View in CoL
Type genus. Salentinella Ruffo, 1947 .
Diagnostic description. Body laterally compressed or subcylindrical. Eyes absent. Antennae 1–2 calceoli absent. Antenna 1 shorter than or subequal in length to antenna 2; peduncular article 1 longer than article 2; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 shorter than article 1; peduncular articles 1–2 not geniculate; accessory flagellum minute. Antenna 2 peduncular article 1 not enlarged. Mandible molar triturative; palp, symmetrical. Maxilla 1 basal endite apically setose; palps symmetrical. Maxilla 2 basal endite without oblique setal row. Labium inner lobes vestigial or absent. Coxal gills number and sequence [not known], not stalked; sternal gills absent; sternal blisters absent; oostegites fringing setae simple. Gnathopod 1 simple, weakly subchelate or subchelate; smaller (or weaker) than or similar in size to gnathopod 2; propodus palm without robust setae along palmar margin. Gnathopod 2 simple or subchelate; similar in males and females (not sexually dimorphic); carpus not produced along posterior margin of propodus, projecting between merus and propodus. Pereopods 3–4 not sexually dimorphic. Pereopod 4 without posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 5 subequal in length to pereopod 6; coxa equilobate or with posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 7 subequal in length to pereopod 5. Pleonites 1–3 without dorsal carinae. Urosomites 1–3 free; without slender or robust dorsal setae. Urosomite 1 with large distoventral robust seta. Urosomite 2 without dorsal setae. Uropod 1 without basofacial robust setae. Uropod 3 not sexually dimorphic; biramous or uniramous, without plumose setae; endopod shorter than exopod. Telson deeply cleft to entire ; dorsal or lateral robust setae absent; apical robust setae present or absent.
Habitat. Freshwater or slightly brackish, hypogean.
Included genera. Parasalentinella Bou, 1971 ; Salentinella Ruffo, 1947 .
Distribution. Balkans to Southern France, Spain and Morocco.
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