Prochelator Hessler, 1970
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930152667131 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5275757 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E1535B-FFAC-2457-3FDF-54D3FCBCFEBD |
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Felipe |
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Genus Prochelator Hessler, 1970 View in CoL
Type species. Prochelator lateralis (G. O. Sars, 1899) .
Diagnosis. First pereopod large, chelate. Dactylus and enlarged propodus together forming a movable ®nger which acts in opposition to immovable claw formed by large stout spine on the distal inner margin of enlarged carpus. Inner margin of carpus with two accessory setae and long slender seta, located at the base of the ®xed claw. First pereonite as large as or larger than second pereonite. Pleotelson with posterolateral spines that are sometimes obscure or absent. Uropod biramous. Coxae of anterior four pereopods not produced.
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