Phronima curvipes Vosseler

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2004, A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 567, pp. 1-66 : 14

Phronima curvipes Vosseler

Phronima curvipes Vosseler, 1901: 27–29 , pl. 3, figs 1–3.

Type material

Type material of P. curvipes could not be found at the ZMB or ZMH and is considered lost.

Remarks

Females of this species can resemble P. solitaria but are readily distinguished by the characteristic reversed ‘S’ curvature of the basis of pereopod 5, in lateral view. Males are similar to P. colletti and P. pacifica , but are distinguished by the details in the shape of pereopod 5, and by the reduced numbers of flagella articles of antennae 2 (7–9 versus 12– 13 for P. colletti and 15–17 for P. pacifica ).