Dodecas Stebbing, 1883

Takeuchi, Ichiro & Lowry, James K., 2015, A taxonomic study on the Phtisicidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of New South Wales, Australia, Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 603-648 : 605

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1079338

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:975EE532-0FAD-4D4F-8E18-9DF3B790953F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4331273

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA87CC-FFCF-9C6A-EFC2-7008FB26B093

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scientific name

Dodecas Stebbing, 1883
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Genus Dodecas Stebbing, 1883 View in CoL

Diagnosis

Head fused with pereonite 1. Antenna 1 well developed; flagellum with more than two articles; accessory flagellum absent. Antenna 2 well developed; flagellum with more than three articles. Mandible well developed; molar absent; palp 3-articulate; palp setal formula 1 – x – 1. Maxilliped well developed; inner plate (basal endite) larger than outer plate (ischial endite); outer plate (ischial endite) well developed; palp article 3 without distal projection; palp article 4 well developed. Pereonite 4 clavate appendage absent. Pereonites 6 and 7 not fused. Pereopod 3 well developed, with seven articles. Pereopod 4 absent. Pereopod 5 reduced with four articles. Pereopods 6 and 7 well developed, with seven articles. Gills on pereonites 2 to 4. Pleopods present, one pair, tiny. Uropods two pairs; uropod 1, uniramous; uropod 2, uniramous. Telson (dorsal lobe) present.

Type species

Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883 View in CoL , monotypy.

Included species

Dodecas View in CoL includes seven species: Dodecas decacentrum Stebbing, 1910b View in CoL ; Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883 View in CoL ;? Dodecas eltaninae McCain and Gray, 1971 View in CoL ; Dodecas grandimanus Guiler, 1954 View in CoL ; Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903 View in CoL ; Dodecas reducta K.H. Barnard, 1932 View in CoL ; Dodecas tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954 View in CoL .

Remarks

The genus Dodecas was established specifically for D. elongata Stebbing, 1883 by Stebbing (1883). The generic diagnosis of the present genus is provided based on the present description of D. decacentrum Stebbing, 1910b and D. hexacentrum Mayer, 1903 .

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