Photis longicaudata (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862)

Jung, Tae Won, Coleman, Charles Oliver & Yoon, Seong Myeong, 2019, Taxonomic study on the photid amphipods (Senticaudata, Corophiida, Photoidea, Photidae) from Korean waters, with descriptions of a new genus and seven new species, ZooKeys 886, pp. 1-59 : 1

Photis longicaudata (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862) Figs 12 , 13

Eiscladus longicaudatus Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862: 412.

Heiscladus longicaudatus Norman, 1869: 284.

Heiscladius longicaudatus Norman, 1874: 269.

Photis longicaudata : Sars 1894: 571, pl. 203, fig. 1; Stebbing 1906: 608; Chevreux and Fage 1925: 310: Schellenberg 1942: 201; Lincoln 1979: 518, figs 237a, 248 a–g; Myers and McGrath 1981: 766.

Material examined.

Lectotype: ♂, NHMUK 1911.20899. Shetlands, UK, 1861, by AM Norman. Paralectotypes: 7 specimens, NHMUK 1911.20900-20906. Same data as lectotype.

Additional material: 3 ♀♀, ZMB 11656. Nordsee, the North Sea, 1903, by Breidow.

Remarks.

The materials identified as Photis longicaudata from the Far East including Korea, Japan, and China were re-examined in the present study, and turned to the new species, Photis bronca sp. nov. See the remarks of Photis bronca sp. nov.

Figures

Figure 12. Photis longicaudata (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862), lectotype, NHMUK 1911.20899, male. 3.2 mm, Shetland Islands, UK. A gnathopod 1 B gnathopod 2 C coxa of pereopod 3 D coxa of pereopod 4. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 13. Photis longicaudata (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862), paralectotype, NHMUK 1911.20890 - 20896, females. 5.3 mm (A, B) and 3.4 mm (C, D), Shetland Islands, UK A gnathopod 1 B gnathopod 2 C gnathopod 1 D gnathopod 2. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.