CYAMINAE, 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 : 90

CYAMINAE SUBFAM. NOV.

Diagnosis: Body usually large. Antenna 1 with multiple grouping of setae on terminal article; antenna 2 with four articles. Lacinia mobilis multituberculate with variation in the number of teeth. Lower lip with inner lobes partly fused (except B. balaenopterae ). Lateral gills elongate. Accessory gills of male always present. Accessory gills of female usually present. Genital valve anterior margin setose. Carpus of pereopods usually with a process on posterior margin. Dactyli of pereopods slightly curved.

Type genus: Cyamus Latreille, 1796 . Remarks: This subfamily was erected based on the synapomorphies of Balaenocyamus gen. nov. and Cyamus , which were previously considered to be a single genus. Species of this subfamily are generally larger, host specific, and parasitize baleen whales and large odontocetes of the families Monodontidae , Ziphiidae and Physeteridae .

Genera: Cyamus Latreille, 1796 , Balaenocyamus gen. nov.