Panathura Barnard, 1925

Kensley, B. & Schotte, M., 2000, New species and records of anthuridean isopod crustaceans from the Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural History 34, pp. 2057-2121 : 2083

Panathura Barnard, 1925

Panathura Barnard, 1925:143 ; Kensley, 1982:159.

Diagnosis. Body pigmented or not. Pleonites 1±5 free, articulating; pleonites 5 and 6 usually longer than preceding pleonites; pleonite 6 with posterior margin dorsally distinct. Eyes present. Mandible with molar blunt; palp of three articles. Maxillipedal endite distally rounded, reaching to palp article 3; palp with ®ve articles, suture between articles 1 and 2. Pereopods 1±3 diOEerentiated from posterior pereopods, propodus somewhat swollen, palm with few mesial setae. Pereopod 2 and 3 with robust distal seta. Pereopod 7, propodus with row of serrate setae anterodistally. Pleopod 1 exopod operculiform, endopod contributing somewhat in proximal region. Uropodal exopod lacking serrate lateral lobe.

Male: Rostrum stronger than in female. Eyes enlarged. Antennular ¯agellum of seven or more articles. Pereopods more elongate than in female; pereopod 1 propodus with increased number of setae on palm. Pleopod 2 appendix masculina as long or longer than rami.