Maeropsis Chevreux, 1919

Wongkamhaeng, Koraon, Coleman, Charles Oliver & Pholpunthin, Pornsilp, 2013, Maeropsis paphavasitae and Rotomelita longipropoda, two new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Lower Gulf of Thailand, ZooKeys 307, pp. 15-33 : 15-16

Maeropsis Chevreux, 1919

Diagnosis

(modified from Krapp-Schickel 2008). Eyes reniform or round. Body smooth. Mandible palp article 1 with tooth-shaped distal prolongation, article 3 slender, linear. Maxilla 2 inner plate setation also present laterally. Gnathopods subchelate, both with well-defined palmar corner. Gnathopod 2 dactylus outer margin smooth; palm with small U-shaped excavation, palmar corner with tooth-shaped elevation and bearing. Pereopod dactyli simple. Uropod 3 with subequal rami, distally truncated, no second article on outer ramus visible. Epimera 1-3 smooth, with posterodistal tip. Telson cleft, lobes distally incised, outer end of incision clearly longer than inner one; with 1-2 setae inserted in incision.

Type species.

Maeropsis perrieri Chevreux, 1919 (type by monotypy).

Species composition.

Maeropsis brevispina (Kim & Kim, 1991); Maeropsis cobia Krapp-Schickel, 2009; Maeropsis griffini (Berents, 1983), Maeropsis perrieri Chevreux, 1919 (type species); Maeropsis paphavasitae sp. n. (this study); Maeropsis rathbunae (Pearse, 1908); Maeropsis revelata (Krapp et al., 1996); Maeropsis serratipalma (Nagata, 1965).