Cheiriphotis (Giles, 1885)

Wongkamhaeng, K., Azman, B. A. R. & Puttapreecha, R., 2012, Cheiriphotis trifurcata, new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae, Protomedeiinae) from the Seagrass Bed of the Lower Gulf of Thailand, ZooKeys 187, pp. 71-89 : 72-73

Cheiriphotis (Giles, 1885)

Type species.

Melita megacheles Giles, 1885 by monotypy.

Diagnosis.

Eyes small. Antenna 1, accessory flagellum pluriarticulate. Mandibular palp article 3 rectolinear or clavate. Coxae small, relatively short, coxa 1 dilated, pr oduced forward. Gnathopod 1 (male) subchelate. Gnathopod 2 subchelate and greatly larger than gnathopod 1. Pereopods 6-7, dactylus elongate, falcate. Uropods 1 - 2 biramous; rami slighty subequal; peduncle with ventrodistal process. Uropod 3 uniramous. Telson entire.

Species composition.

Cheiriphotis contains 16 species: Cheiriphotis australiae Stebbing, 1910; Cheiriphotis delloyei Pirlot, 1934; Cheiriphotis durbanensis K.H. Bamard, 1916; Cheiriphotis erythraeus Ruffo, 1969; Cheiriphotis geniculata K.H. Barnard, 1916; Cheiriphotis madagascarensis Ledoyer, 1979; Cheiriphotis mediterranea Myers, 1983; Cheiriphotis megacheles (Giles, 1885); Cheiriphotis minima Ledoyer, 1982; Cheiriphotis neotropicalis Valerio-Berardo, 2007; Cheiriphotis pediformis Myers, 1995; Cheiriphotis quadrichelatus Ortiz & Lalana, 1997; Cheiriphotis rotui Myers, 1989; Cheiriphotis walkeri Stebbing, 1918; Cheiriphotis williamsoni Salman & Jabbar, 1990;