Alytoleucon Watling, 1991
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10391335 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA634C-FFF6-FFCD-4FDD-9384A4BDF8F6 |
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Plazi |
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Alytoleucon Watling, 1991 |
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Subgenus Alytoleucon Watling, 1991 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Branchial syphon extending as long as or slightly longer than pseudorostrum. Antenna 1 accessory flagellum rudimentary. Pereonite 5 without ventral hooks, mature males may presentpenial lobes. Uropodal endopod terminal setae fused to article (modified from Watling, 1991).
Type species: Leucon jonesi Bishop, 1982 View in CoL
Remarks. The presence of penial lobes in the family Leuconidae is common, and can be found in species of Afroleucon Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2011 , Kontiloleucon Gerken, 2016 , Phalloleucon Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2008 and in the species Eudorella redacticruris Watling and McCann, 1997 . In the present study it was noticed the presence of penial lobes in Leucon (Alytoleucon) . Mature males of Leucon (Alytoleucon) rhuanae n. sp. present a small tube-like pair of penial lobes similar to Afroleucon enigmatica Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2011 . Bishop (1982a) has already mentioned penial lobes in mature males of L. (A) jonesi . Penial lobes might be present in all mature males of Leucon (Alytoleucon) , but that needs further investigation.
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