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

Authors

Elizabeth L. Durham, Georgia College & State University, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Milledgeville, GA 31061, USA Georgia College & State University Milledgeville United States of America.
Kristine N. White, Georgia College & State University, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Milledgeville, GA 31061, USA Georgia College & State University Milledgeville United States of America.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Publication Title

ZooKeys

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 (Shoemaker, 1933) and describes a new species of Sars, 1892. An identification key to the species of Caribbean Oedicerotidae of Panama is provided.

Department

Biological and Environmental Sciences

Volume Number

1159

First Page

37

Last Page

50

DOI

10.3897/zookeys.1159.102034

Recommended Citation

Durham, Elizabeth L. and White, Kristine N., "Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part I: parvorder Oedicerotidira" (2023). Faculty and Staff Works. 369.
https://kb.gcsu.edu/fac-staff/369