Kuriidae J.L. Barnard, 1964

Myers, A, 2013, A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Zootaxa 3610 (1), pp. 1-80 : 26-27

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Kuriidae J.L. Barnard, 1964
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Kuriidae J.L. Barnard, 1964 View in CoL

Type genus. Kuria Walker & Scott, 1903 .

Diagnostic description. Body laterally compressed. Eyes well developed, ovoid. Antennae 1–2 calceoli absent. Antenna 1 subequal in length to, or slightly longer than 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 absent. Antenna 2 peduncular article 1 not enlarged. Mandible molar triturative; palp absent. Maxilla 1 basal endite apically setose; palps symmetrical. Maxilla 2 basal endite without oblique setal row. Labium inner lobes vestigial or absent. Coxal gills on pereopods 2–6, not stalked; sternal gills absent; sternal blisters absent; oostegites fringing setae curl-tipped. Gnathopod 1 similar in size to gnathopod 2; propodus palm without robust setae along palmar margin. Gnathopod 2 dissimilar in males and females (sexually dimorphic); carpus not produced along posterior margin of propodus, projecting between merus and propodus. Pereopods 3–4 not sexually dimorphic. Pereopod 4 with well developed posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 5 shorter than or subequal in length to pereopod 6; coxa equilobate or with large anteroventral lobe. Pereopod 7 subequal in length to, or longer than pereopod 5. Pleonites 1–3 without dorsal carinae. Urosomites 1–3 free or 1–3 coalesced; without slender or robust dorsal setae. Urosomite 1 without large distoventral robust seta. Urosomite 2 without dorsal setae. Uropod 1 without basofacial robust setae. Uropod 3 not sexually dimorphic; uniramous, without plumose setae. Telson deeply cleft ; dorsal or lateral robust setae absent; apical robust setae absent. Habitat. Marine, epigean.

Included genera. Kuria Walker & Scott, 1903 ; Micropythia Krapp-Schickel, 1976 . Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Kuriidae

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