Decapoda
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2687.1.4 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F868FC00-C64A-FFCA-7C8D-FB11FD9EA5EF |
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Felipe |
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Decapoda |
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Order Decapoda View in CoL View at ENA
Chirostyloidea Ortmann, 1892
Diagnosis. Body symmetrical, carapace with or without transverse striae; rostrum variously developed, usually prominent; supraocular spines present or absent. Sternal plastron consisting of sternites 3–7. Thoracic somite 8 without sternal plate. Abdomen well developed, all somites sclerotized, articulating. Tailfan well developed, folded against preceding somite; telson and uropods laminar. Telson transversely divided by suture. Antennal peduncle consisting of 5 articles; acicle present or absent. Mandible with toothed cutting edge. Maxilliped 1 with or without epipod. Pereopod 1 always chelate. Pereopod 2–4 as walking legs. Maxilliped 3 and pereopods without epipods. Gills phyllobranchiate.
Composition. Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 , Eumunididae A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1900, Kiwaidae Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005 .
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