FAMILY DIOSACCIDAE

 

KGG 600 – characters

 

1.              P.2-P.4 Exp.3.

n:n:n – number of setae and/or spines on P.2, P.3 and P.4 respectively.

 

2.              P.2-P.4 Exp.1.

n:n:n – number of setae on the inner border of P.2, P.3 and P.4 respectively.

 

3.              A.2 Exp.

n:n – number of segments and total number of setae respectively.

 

4.              P.5 Exp.

n:n – number of setae in (F) and (M) respectively.

 

5.              (M) P.1 Basis

(F) – inner spine unmodified (i.e. as in the female).

m – inner spine modified.

(N.B. This spine should not be confused with the additional chitinous projections which are a constant feature of the (M) P.1 Basis, although differing in detail of shape in different genera, see Fig. 40).

 

 

KGG 600

 

P.2-P.4

Exp.3

setae

P.2-P.4

Exp.1

inner

setae

A.2

Exp.

segs.

/setae

P.5

Exp.

setae

P.1 (M)

Basis

spine

 

7:8:8

1:1:1

1-2:3

6:6

(F)

Pseudamphiascopsis

7:8:8

0:0:0

2:5

7:4

m

Diosaccus dentatus

7:8:8

0:0:0

2:4

8:4

(F)

Antiboreodiosaccus crassus

7:8:8

0:0:0

1-2:2

6:4

(F)

Diosaccopsis rubeus

7:8:8

0:0:0

1:4

6:?

?

Diosaccus off. dentatus Itτ, 1982a

7:7:8

1:1:1

2:4

6:?

?

Rhyncholagena littoralis

7:7:7

1:1:1

2:5

6:?

?

Teissierella pontica

5:6:7

0:0:0

2:5

5:5

m

Miscegenus Wells, Hicks & Coull

5:6:7

0:0:0

2:4

5:5

m

Paramphiascoides c)

5:6:7

0:0:0

2:4

5:5

(F)

Paramphiascella b) c)

5:6:7

0?:0:0

2:4

5:5

?

Amphiascoides koltuni Tschislenko, 1977

 

 

a)             See general notes on the family.

 

b)             Paramphiascella langi, calcarifer, sirbonica Por, 1973.

 

c)             These characters separate the males only. The two genera are separated on the P.1 Enp. --

1st segment about as long as the entire Exp. -- Paramphiascella.

1st segment only as long as the first two segments of the Exp. -- Paramphiascoides.