Family NANNASTACIDAE Bate, 1866

Nannastacus inflatus

© Copyright from Hale 1945: fig. 10.

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Introduction

The Nannastacidae are a small family of 14 genera and 326 species. Seven genera and 40 species are known from Australian waters.

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

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

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

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