Kalliapseudinae Lang, 1956

DRUMM, DAVID T. & HEARD, RICHARD W., 2011, Systematic revision of the family Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), Zootaxa 3142 (1), pp. 1-172 : 36

Subfamily Kalliapseudinae Lang, 1956

Diagnosis. Modified from Guţu (2001)

Antenna peduncle article 1 with medial extension bearing plumose setae; last peduncle article very long and having long setae. Mandible with large uniarticulated palp, having numerous and long plumose setae on rostral side. Maxilliped with narrow palp, having inner face bearing very numerous, long plumose setae. Cheliped with numerous, long plumose setae on carpus and propodus; exopodite present or absent. Pereopod 1 with carpus and propodus very short; dactylus without unguis but with numerous sensory setae; exopodite present or absent. Pereopods 2 and 3, generally, with some sensory setae on small proximo–sternal prominence of dactylus. Pereopods 4 and 5 having dactylus with fine sensory setae, but without unguis.

Composition. Cristapseudes Băcescu, 1980 ; Kalliapseudes Stebbing, 1910 ; Mesokalliapseudes Lang, 1956a ; Monokalliapseudes Lang, 1956a ; Phoxokalliapseudes n. gen.; Transkalliapseudes Drumm and Heard, 2006a.