Pugiodactylus syntomos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apseudoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Tanaidacea Subordo: Apseudomorpha Superfamilia: Apseudoidea

Familia: Apseudidae
Subfamilia: Pugiodactylinae
Genus: Pugiodactylus
Species: Pugiodactylus syntomos

Name

• Pugiodactylus syntomos Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007: 131, figs 14–16

Holotype: NMV J55749, ♀, 11/10/1980, (BSS 104 G), G.C.B. Poore.

Type locality: Australia, Tasmania, western Bass Strait, 59 km W of Stokes Point, King I. (40º07'S, 143º14'E), 185 m.

Etymology: From the Greek – syntomos – meaning shortened, as, compared with other species in the genus, are the cheliped carpus, pereopod 1 merus and carpus, the antenna and the rostrum of the present species.

Mentions

• Pugiodactylus syntomos Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007b, 131–132, figs 14–16.; Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012: 25.

References

• Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R.N., 2007b: New apseudomorph tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from Eastern Australia: Apseudidae, Whiteleggiidae, Metapseudidae and Pagurapseudidae. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 64: 107–148.

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• Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & Bamber, R.N. 2012. The shallow-water Tanaidacea (Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia (other than the Tanaidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69: 1–235. BHL. Reference page.