Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part I: parvorder Oedicerotidira

By

Durham, Elizabeth
White, Kristine

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1159

Pages

37--50

Subjects

Bocas del Toro , Caribbean , Hartmanodes nyei , identification key , new species , Oedicerotidae , Panama , Synchelidium purpurivitellum sp. nov

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1159.102034

 

Abstract

Amphipods in the parvorder Oedicerotidira are burrowers, furrowers, or surface skimmers. Members of the parvorder share a well-developed posteroventral lobe on coxa 4, an equilobate coxa 5, an immensely elongate pereopod 7 that differs in structure from pereopod 6, and an entire telson. Within the parvorder, only the family Oedicerotidae has been documented from Bocas del Toro, Panama, represented by two species. This research documents a range extension for Hartmanodes nyei (Shoemaker, 1933) and describes a new species of Synchelidium Sars, 1892. An identification key to the species of Caribbean Oedicerotidae of Panama is provided.