BODOTRIIDAE
Cyclaspis candida
Diagnosis of the Bodotriidae
No free telson. Uropod inner ramus one or two-articulate. Male pleopods,
5 pairs, occasionally 3, 2, or 0 pairs, with process on the outer edge of
the inner ramus. Pleural folds nearly always present on the abdomen of
the male. Number of free thoracic somites frequently reduced. Exopods on
maxillipeds and at least pereopod 1, but may occur on pereopods in the
following combinations: in the male, 4 or 1, occasionally 2 or 3 fully
developed pairs, 1 + 2 rudimentary, 2 + 2 rudimentary, or 3 + 1 rudimentary;
in the female, 3 or 1, occasionally 2 fully developed pairs, 3 + 1
rudimentary, 2 + 2 rudimentary, 2 + 1 rudimentary, or 1 + 2 rudimentary.
Mandible naviculoid, with large section dorsal to molar. Branchial
apparatus without gill plates or supports. Comprises three subfamiles:
Bodotriinae: with exopods only on first pair of pereopods; male with five
pairs of pleopods.
Vaunthompsoniinae: with exopods on pereopods beyond the first pair; male
with five pairs of pleopods.
Mancocumatinae: with exopods on pereopods beyond the first pair; male
with 0, 2, or 3 pairs of pleopods.
Key to the subfamilies of the Bodotriidae
View the Bodotriidae database (in 4 parts)
Bodotriidae 1
Bodotriidae 2
Bodotriidae 3
Bodotriidae 4
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