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Issue: Vol. 2886 No. 1: 23 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2886.1.2
Page range: 19–30
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 1

Apseudes talpa revisited (Crustacea; Tanaidacea).The impact on apseudidaen systematics

CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental), LMCEE (Laboratory of Marine Community Ecology and Evolution), Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental), LMCEE (Laboratory of Marine Community Ecology and Evolution), Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental), LMCEE (Laboratory of Marine Community Ecology and Evolution), Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Crustacea Tanaidacea Apseudomorpha Apseudidae Apseudes talpa

Abstract

The species Apseudes talpa is redescribed and its impact on the systematics of Apseudidae is discussed. The finding of multiple conflicting characters with the generic diagnosis, as well as the novel character of a denticulate ridge on the mandibular body, suggest that a redefinition of the genus Apseudes is necessary. The genus Androgynella is here demoted to a junior synonym of Apseudes.

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