Figorella J.L. Barnard, 1962

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2012, The Pachynidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) 3246, Zootaxa 3246 (1), pp. 1-69 : 21-22

publication ID

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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/456087D3-3631-FF9C-B8DF-0F5BFC3C4CDF

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scientific name

Figorella J.L. Barnard, 1962
status

 

Figorella J.L. Barnard, 1962 View in CoL

Figorella J.L. Barnard, 1962: 24 View in CoL . ―J.L. Barnard, 1969a: 343. ― Lowry, 1984: 86. ― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 487. ― Ren & Huang, 1991: 245.

Type species. Figorella tanidea J.L. Barnard, 1962 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnostic description. Body shape slender. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, narrowly rounded. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without posterodistal spine; accessory flagellum article 1 short; flagellum without callynophore in female. Mandible with accessory setal row present on both sides; left lamina dentata absent; palp attached slightly distally; palp article 2 broad, article 3 not distally tapered, with margins convex or subparallel. Maxilla 1 outer plate setal-teeth smooth or with weak cusps; palp well developed, slender, 1-articulate or 2-

articulate. 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 or without robust seta. Gnathopod 2 palm transverse or acute. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner broadly rounded or subquadrate. Uropod 3 biramous.

Species composition. Figorella View in CoL contains 7 species: F. angulosa View in CoL sp. nov.; F.corindon Lowry & Stoddart, 1993 View in CoL ; F. formosa View in CoL sp. nov.; F. franklin View in CoL sp. nov.; F. macrophoculata Ren View in CoL in Ren & Huang, 1991; F. tanidea J.L. Barnard, 1962 View in CoL ; F. tasmanica Lowry, 1984 View in CoL .

Remarks. Figorella appears to be a mainly deep-sea group, occurring from eastern Indonesia, Australia and New Caledonia through to the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Peninsula.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Pakynidae

Loc

Figorella J.L. Barnard, 1962

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

Figorella J.L. Barnard, 1962: 24

Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. 1991: 487
Ren, X. & Huang, L. 1991: 245
Lowry, J. K. 1984: 86
Barnard, J. L. 1969: 343
Barnard, J. L. 1962: 24
1962
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