Ekelofia Lowry, 1984

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2012, The Pachynidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) 3246, Zootaxa 3246 (1), pp. 1-69 : 16

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3246.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5251190

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/456087D3-362A-FF86-B8DF-0C8BFBA74AFF

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scientific name

Ekelofia Lowry, 1984
status

 

Ekelofia Lowry, 1984 View in CoL

Ekelofia Lowry, 1984: 97 View in CoL . ― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 483.

Type species. Pachychelium oculatum Schellenberg, 1931 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnostic description. Body shape slender. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, broadly rounded. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 with posterodistal spine; accessory flagellum article 1 short; [callynophore not known for female]. Mandible with accessory setal row present on both sides or absent; left lamina dentata absent; palp attached distally; palp article 2 broad, article 3 not distally tapered, with anterior margin convex. Maxilla 1 outer plate setal-teeth smooth, at least one inner row setal-tooth absent; palp absent. Maxilliped inner plate small; outer plate large; palp 4-articulate, article 4 large. Gnathopod 1 ischium smaller than propodus; corner of palm with simple robust seta. Gnathopod 2 palm obtuse. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner broadly rounded. Uropod 3 biramous.

Included species. Ekelofia eltanin View in CoL sp. nov., E. oculata (Schellenberg, 1931) View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Pakynidae

Loc

Ekelofia Lowry, 1984

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. 2012
2012
Loc

Ekelofia

Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. 1991: 483
Lowry, J. K. 1984: 97
1984
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