Eurydice Leach, 1815

Jones, David Alan & Nithyanandan, Manickam, 2012, Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Eurydice Leach, 1815 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Arabian region, including three new species, Zootaxa 3314, pp. 45-57 : 46-47

Genus Eurydice Leach, 1815

Restricted synonymy. Eurydice Leach 1815: 354 , 370.— Jones, 1971: 201.— Bruce 1986: 11.— Brusca et al. 1995: 40.— Schotte & Kensley 2005: 1232.

Type species: Eurydice pulchra Leach 1815 , by monotypy.

Remarks: Recent diagnoses to the genus have been given by Bruce (1986), Brusca et al. (1995), Kensley and Schotte (1989) and Schotte and Kensley (2005). The genus can be identified by the geniculate antennule peduncle which has article 2 at right angles to article 1; in all species pleonite 5 has completely free lateral margins. The antennal peduncle is 4-articulate, the frontal lamina is reduced and the clypeus projects ventrally. The maxilliped endite lacks coupling hooks, and the appendix masculina is inserted medially. The uropod rami do not project beyond the pleotelson apex. Further information on the diversity and distribution of the genus is given in the distribution section.

Keys to Australian and Indian Ocean species may be found in Bruce (1986) and Schotte and Kensley (2005) respectively, while Bruce and Soares (1996) provide a key for South African species. The present work provides a key to Eurydice found in the Arabian region.