Ampithoe kulafi
J.L. Barnard,
1970 (Amphipod)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Ampithoidae |
Description
Male: Head with lateral lobes quadrate-rounded. Eyes oval and dark. Body smooth with a pair of setules on urosome segments 1 and 2. Epimeral plates with posterolateral corner quadrate-rounded. Upper lip semicircular. Lower lip with outer lobe deeply cleft, outer half projecting and with a beaklike lobule. Inner lobe and mandibular process well developed. Spine row with 4 spines. Molar stout with a seta. Palp short and slender. Telson tubular, strongly narrowing distally, lateral margins with a pair of setae, lateral angles with a short seta and a pair of long setae medial to it.
Female: Similar to the male but of lesser built.
Male: Head with lateral lobes quadrate-rounded. Eyes oval and dark. Body smooth with a pair of setules on urosome segments 1 and 2. Epimeral plates with posterolateral corner quadrate-rounded. Upper lip semicircular. Lower lip with outer lobe deeply cleft, outer half projecting and with a beaklike lobule. Inner lobe and mandibular process well developed. Spine row with 4 spines. Molar stout with a seta. Palp short and slender. Telson tubular, strongly narrowing distally, lateral margins with a pair of setae, lateral angles with a short seta and a pair of long setae medial to it.
Female: Similar to the male but of lesser built.
Synonym (s)
• Pleonexes kulafi (J.L. Barnard, 1970)
• Pleonexes kulafi (J.L. Barnard, 1970)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Reef Associated
Habitat: Reef Associated
Biogeography
• Tamil Nadu, Appa Island INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Appa Island INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Sivaprakasam, TE (1970) Amphipods of the family ampithoidae from the madras coast Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India Marine Biological Association of India 12(1-2) 64-80 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
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