ISOCYAMINAE, Iwasa-Arai & Serejo, 2018

Iwasa-Arai, Tammy & Serejo, Cristiana Silveira, 2018, Phylogenetic analysis of the family Cyamidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda): a review based on morphological characters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184, pp. 66-94 : 89

SUBFAMILY ISOCYAMINAE SUBFAM. NOV.

Diagnosis: Antenna 1 without setal arrangement or with a continuous band of setae on terminal article. Antenna 2 reduced, usually with fewer than four articles. Lacinia mobilis of right mandible multituberculate without tooth (except Isocyamus ). Distal process of gnathopod 2 palm of female usually subequal in length to proximal process. Accessory gills of females absent.

Type genus: Isocyamus Gervais & Van Beneden, 1859 .

Remarks: Species of this subfamily are generally smaller and parasitize small delphinids and ziphiids. Physeter macrocephalus is the only species to host whale lice from both subfamilies herein proposed.

Included genera: Isocyamus Gervais & Van Beneden, 1859 , Orcinocyamus Margolis , McDonald & Boulsfield, 2000, Neocyamus Margolis, 1955 , Platycyamus Lütken, 1870 , Scutocyamus Lincoln & Hurley, 1974 and Syncyamus Bowman, 1955 .