Parelasmopus Stebbing, 1888

Rahim, Azman Abdul & Alip, Ali Eimran, 2015, First record of Parelasmopussetiger Chevreux, 1901 from Singapore, including synonymization of Parelasmopussiamensis Wongkamhaeng, Coleman & Pholpunthin, 2013 with Parelasmopussetiger (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae), Zoosystematics and Evolution 91 (1), pp. 59-70 : 59

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.91.9014

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scientific name

Parelasmopus Stebbing, 1888
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Taxon classification Animalia Amphipoda Maeridae

Parelasmopus Stebbing, 1888 View in CoL

Type species.

Megamoera suensis (Haswell, 1879).

Diagnosis.

Head with notch on cheek. Mandible mandibular palp 3-articulate, article 2 much shorter than article 1, article 3 straight, not setiferopectinate. Urosomite 1 with pair of dorsal carinae. Uropod 3 rami length subequal to peduncle; Epimeron 3 posteriorly serrate on lower margin. (After Hughes 2011)

Species composition.

Parelasmopus includes 13 species: Parelasmopus albidus (Dana, 1853); Parelasmopus aumogo Hughes, 2011; Parelasmopus cymatilis Lowry & Hughes, 2009; Parelasmopus echo J.L. Barnard, 1972a; Parelasmopus dancaui Ortiz & Lalana, 1997; Parelasmopus mallacootaformis Ledoyer, 1984; Parelasmopus poorei Hughes 2009; Parelasmopus setiger Chevreux, 1901; Parelasmopus sowpigensis Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005; Parelasmopus suensis (Haswell, 1879); Parelasmopus suluensis (Dana, 1852); Parelasmopus ya J.L. Barnard, 1972 and Parelasmopus zelei Ledoyer, 1983.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Maeridae