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

Authors: Durham, Elizabeth DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1159.102034 Published: Jan. 1, 2023 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Bocas del Toro · Topics: Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Mollusks and Parasites Studies, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

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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.

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