Section CRINOCHETA Legrand, 1946

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Diagnosis

Male with single penis containing two separate ducts opening by pair of apertures. Mandible with molar bearing setae, not a grinding molar process. Male with pleopods 1 and 2 modified as copulatory structures.

Note(s)

New taxonomic arrangement: Schmidt, C. 2002. Contribution to the phylogenetic system of the Crinochaeta (Crustacea, Isopoda), Part 1. (Olibrinidae to Scyphacidae s. str.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 78: 275-352; Schmidt, C. 2003. Contribution to the phylogenetic system of the Crinochaeta (Crustacea, Isopoda). Part 2. (Oniscoidea to Armadilliidiidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 79: 3-179.

General References

Legrand, J.J. 1946. Les coaptation sexuelles des Oniscoidea. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique 80: 240-388

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