Lepidactylus, SAY, 1818

Hancock, Zachary B., Ogawa, Hiroshi, Light, Jessica E. & Wicksten, Mary K., 2022, Origin and evolution of the Haustoriidae (Amphipoda): a eulogy for the Haustoriidira, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (4), pp. 1252-1267 : 1264

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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab023

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6457027

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scientific name

Lepidactylus
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GENUS LEPIDACTYLUS SAY, 1818 View in CoL

Type species: Lepidactylus dysticus Say, 1818 .

Diagnosis: Small- to medium-sized haustoriids (2–7 mm). Maxilla 2 outer lobe narrow, lanceolate (except in L. allardi ), roughly twice size of inner lobe. Maxilliped baler lobe weakly developed. Pleon slightly overhanging urosome; epimeron 3 smooth, ventrally curved (without hook). Telson cleft emarginate or to base.

Known species: Lepidactylus allardi Hancock & Wicksten, 2018 ; L. dysticus Say 1818 ; L. galvezi Hancock & Wicksten, 2018 ; L. jayneae Foster & LeCroy, 1991 .

Range: Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coastlines. Open coasts, brackish bays.

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