Protolembos, Myers, 1988

Ariyama, Hiroyuki & Kodama, Masafumi, 2024, Three species of the family Aoridae Stebbing, 1899 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) collected from remote islands in southern Japan, with a key to all Japanese species of the family, Zootaxa 5433 (4), pp. 500-528 : 503-504

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.4.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10962351

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scientific name

Protolembos
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Key to species of the genus Protolembos View in CoL in the world (adult males)

1. Gnathopod 1, posterior margin of propodus heavily setose (> 100 setae)......................... P. ryukyuensis sp. nov.

- Gnathopod 1, posterior margin of propodus moderately or weakly setose (<ca. 50 setae)............................. 2

2. Gnathopod 1, anterior margin of propodus setose (ca. 25–50 setae).............................................. 3

- Gnathopod 1, anterior margin of propodus not setose......................................................... 4

3. Gnathopod 2 propodus wide (width/length = ca. 0.85).................................. P. drummondae Myers, 1988 View in CoL

- Gnathopod 2 propodus narrow (width/length <0.6).......................................................... 4

4. Gnathopod 1 palm with 1 rounded and 1 acute teeth......................................... P. arinyas Myers, 1988 View in CoL

- Gnathopod 1 palm with 1 angular and 1 acute teeth...................................... P. clematis ( Moore, 1987) View in CoL

5. Gnathopod 1, posterior margin of ischium heavily setose (> 25 setae)............................................ 6

- Gnathopod 1, posterior margin of ischium slightly or not setose (<5 setae)........................................ 8

6. Gnathopod 2 palm with a tooth....................................................... P. chiltoni (Myers, 1981) View in CoL

- Gnathopod 2 palm lacking a tooth........................................................................ 7

7. Gnathopod 1 palm with 2 acute teeth.................................................. P. murrarum Myers, 1988 View in CoL

- Gnathopod 1 palm with 1 rounded and 1 acute teeth........................................ P. yaranus Myers, 1988 View in CoL

8. Gnathopod 1 palm with 2 acute teeth...................................................................... 9

- Gnathopod 1 palm with 1 angular and 1 acute teeth......................................................... 10

9. Gnathopod 2 palm with a tooth......................................................... P. kidoli (Myers, 1975) View in CoL

- Gnathopod 2 palm lacking a tooth.................................................... P. crouyensis Myers, 1998 View in CoL

10. Sternal processes present, dactylus of gnathopod 1 almost straight.......................... P. tegulapodos Myers, 2002 View in CoL

- Sternal processes absent, dactylus of gnathopod 1 curved posteriorly.................... P. verrucularum ( Moore, 1987) View in CoL

Moore, P. G. (1987) New Aoridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Tasmanian kelp holdfasts. Journal of Natural History, 21, 775 - 784. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938700770441

Myers, A. A. (1998) The Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Caledonia: Aoridae. Records of the Australian Museum, 50, 187 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.50.1998.1279

Myers, A. A. (2002) Marine amphipods of the families Aoridae and Neomegamphopidae from Phuket, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication, 23, 213 - 228.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

SubOrder

Senticaudata

InfraOrder

Corophiida

ParvOrder

Corophiidira

SuperFamily

Aoroidea

Family

Aoridae