A revision of the family Protorchestiidae (Amphipoda: Talitroidea) with the description of two new subfamilies, three new genera and one new species
Author
Myers, Alan A.
0000-0003-3256-2123
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland
bavayia@gmail.com
Author
Park, Eunji
0000-0002-5087-2398
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
eunjisea@gmail.com
Author
Ball, Olivier J. - P.
0000-0003-4734-2107
Wildland Consultants Ltd., Rotorua P. O. Box 7137, New Zealand & Department of Applied and Environmental Sciences, NorthTec, Private Bag 9019, Whangārei, New Zealand
Olly.Ball@wildlands.co.nz
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Zootaxa
2025
2025-12-03
5725
3
371
390
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.3.3
journal article
313559
10.11646/zootaxa.5725.3.3
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1175-5326
17869359
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TABLE 1. Comparison of South America and New Zealand species| Character state | P. nitida | L. campbelliana | L. riparicola |
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| Antenna 1 | very short | long | long |
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| Maxilla 1 inner plate | long | short | short |
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| Female gnathopod 1 basis | distally broad | parallel-sided | distally broad |
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| Pereopod 7 | short | short | long |
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| Uropod 3 marginal seta | present | present | absent |
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| Telson distal shape | narrow | broad | broad |
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| Telson clefting | cleft | not cleft | not cleft |
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| Telson with separate lobes | yes | no | no |
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| Oostegites setal number | c.50 | c.50 | c.30 |
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| Oostegite tip shape | curl | coil | coil |
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