Tribe Erythropini Hansen, 1910

Amblyopsoides crozettii, a non-Australian species.

© Copyright from Sars 1885: pl. 33, fig. 12.

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Introduction

The tribe Erythropini is a cosmopolitan group that occurs from the immediate subtidal down to nearly 6000 m depth. The tribe comprises 46 genera and about 199 species (Price et al. 2001). Eight genera and nine species are known from Australian waters. Müller (1993) and Price et al. (2001) catalogued the family.

Diagnosis

Antenna 2 scale present or reduced (in Caeseromysis and Gymnerythrops, and represented by a small spine in Arachnomysis and Chunomysis), outer margin smooth, without setae (serrated in Meterythrops). 3rd–8th thoracopods endopod with distinct carpus and propodus (separated by an oblique articulation). Marsupium composed of two or three pairs of oostegites. (Generated from Meland 2002)

General References

Hansen, H.J. 1910. The Schizopoda of the Siboga Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 37: 1-123 16 pls

Meland, K. 2002. Mysidacea: Families, subfamilies, tribes and subtribes. http://crustacea.net.

Müller H.-G. 1993. World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Recent Mysidacea. Laboratory for Tropical Ecosystems Research and Information Service, Wetzlar. 491 pp.

Price, W., Anderson, G. & Heard, R. 2001. Mysida homepage. http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/mysids/index.html.

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