Family KEUPHYLIIDAE Bruce, 1980
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Gary C.B. Poore & Helen M. Lew Ton
Introduction
The family comprises a single species, epizoic on coral reefs in the region of Australia. Bruce (1980, 1988) believed the family to be most closely related to the Limnoriidae.
Diagnosis
Body dorsoventrally compressed. Head flat, eyes dorsal. Labrum, clypeus and frontal lamina present. Pleonites 1–5 free. Telson elongate with subapical uropods. Mandible lacks lacinia mobilis, molar process and palp. Maxilliped with epipod and 5–articulate palp. Pereopods all ambulatory. Paired penes present. Pleopods all lamelliform, all setose. The diagnosis follows that of Bruce (1980).
General References
Bruce, N.L. 1980. A new family of marine isopod (Flabellifera: Isopoda: Crustacea) from the reefs of the Coral Sea. Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 2: 175-183
Bruce, N.L. 1988. Hadromastax merga, a new genus and species of marine isopod crustacean (Limnoriidae) from south eastern Australia, with discussion on the status of the families Keuphyliidae and Lynseiidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 346-353