Leucon Krøyer, 1846

Brito, Ayrton Do Ramo & Serejo, Cristiana Silveira, 2023, Leuconidae Sars, 1878 (Crustacea: Cumacea) from the southwestern Atlantic, filling the distribution gap along the Brazilian coast, Zootaxa 5383 (2), pp. 101-134 : 106

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10350596
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scientific name	Leucon Krøyer, 1846
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Genus Leucon Krøyer, 1846 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Pseudorostrum projecting anteriorly. Antenna 1 not geniculate or slightly arched between article 1 and 2. Male antenna 2 with row of setae on articles 4 and 5 outer margin, flagellum reaches end of pleon. Exopods on pereopods 1– 4 males, 1– 3 females. Pereopod 2 may lack ischium, if present, more than 4 times wider than long. Male with 2 pair of pleopods. Uropodal endopod 2-articulate (modified from Watling 1991).

Type species: Cuma nasica Krøyer, 1841

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Cumacea
Family	Leuconidae

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