CYAMIDAE RAFINESQUE, 1815
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14813983 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF2387A4-E404-C320-FC73-FADCFE95A5D5 |
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CYAMIDAE RAFINESQUE, 1815 |
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FAMILY CYAMIDAE RAFINESQUE, 1815 View in CoL
Diagnosis: Body dorsoventrally depressed, usually smooth dorsally and often with adhesion acute processes ventrally. Antenna 1 and 2 number of articles reduced. Mouthparts reduced, adapted for parasitism; mandibles lacking palp, molar rudimentary. Gnathopods 1 and 2 strongly subchelate, unequal in size, dimorphic. Pereopods 3 and 4 absent; pereonites 3 and 4 with lateral coxal gills, usually with accessory gills on their base. Females with oostegite plates on Per3 and 4. Pereonites 5–7 robust with large dactyli for adhesion. Pleon very reduced, with small pleopods in males.
Type genus: Cyamus Latreille, 1796 .
Habitat: Ectoparasites exclusive of Cetacea . Subfamilies: Isocyaminae subfam. nov. and Cyaminae subfam. nov.
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