Family NANNASTACIDAE Bate, 1866

Nannastacus inflatus

© Copyright from Hale 1945: fig. 10.

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Introduction

The Nannastacidae are a small family. Nine genera and 68 species are known from Australian waters.

The monophyly of the family was confirmed by the phylogenetic analysis of Gerken et al. (2021).

Diagnosis

Males are indistinguishable from males of Bodotriidae.

Female. Antenna 2 minute, much smaller than antenna 1, peduncle with 2 articles. Mandibles truncate. Maxilliped 3 exopod present or absent. Pereopod 1 simple. Pereopod 3 exopod absent. Uropod endopod with 1 article. Telson not articulated, fused to last pleonite. (Generated from Watling & Gerken 2002)

General References

Gerken, S., Meland, K., & Glenner, H. 2021. First multigene phylogeny of Cumacea (crustacea: Peracarida). Zoologica Scripta 51: 460-477

Hale, H.M. 1945. Australian Cumacea. No. 9 The family Nannastacidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 8: 145-218

Spence Bate, C. 1866. Crustacea. Zoological Records 2: 306-366

Watling, L. & Gerken, S. 2002. Cumacea: Families and subfamilies. http://crustacea.net.

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