Corophiini
Creators: name: Myers, Alan A.
name: De-La-Ossa-Carretero, Jose Antonio
name: Dauvin, Jean-Claude
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Corophiidae

description: Key to the Corophiini of the Mediterranean coast of Spain
1. Urosome segments coalesced ....................................................................................................................................... 2
- Urosome segments free................................................................................................................................................. 8
2. Uropods inserted in notches in lateral margins of urosome.......................................................................................... 3
- Uropods inserted in ventral surface of urosome ......................................................................... Apocorophium acutum
3. Antenna 2 article 4 with large terminal spine or spines (males)................................................................................... 4
- Antenna 2 article 4 with robust setae, but lacking spines (females)............................................................................. 6
4. Rostrum elongate, 1/3 length of antenna 1 article 1 ......................................................... Monocorophium insidiosum
- Rostrum short, less than 1/3 length of antenna 1 article 1............................................................................................ 5
5. Antenna 2 article 4 without robust setae........................................................................ Monocorophium acherusicum
- Antenna 2 article 4 with 2–3 robust setae.............................................................................. Monocorophium sextonae
6. Antenna 2 article 4 with solitary robust setae only................................................................ Monocorophium sextonae
- Antenna 2 article 4 with some paired robust setae ....................................................................................................... 7
7. Antenna 2 article 5 with two or more robust setae ........................................................ Monocorophium acherusicum
- Antenna 2 article 5 with one robust seta only................................................................... Monocorophium insidiosum
8. Uropod 3 ramus short, spatulate ................................................................................................... Corophium orientale
– Uropod 3 ramus elongate, parallel-sided ............................................................................................. ……………….9
9. Antenna 2 peduncular article 4 with an array of long robust setae................................ Medicorophium longistetosum
– Antenna 2 peduncular article 4 with a few short robust setae, or no robust setae ..................................................... 10
10. Rostrum triangular .............................................................................................................. Medicorophium runcicorne
– Rostrum truncate ................................................................................................................. Medicorophium annulatum
description: Published as part of Myers, Alan A., De-La-Ossa-Carretero, Jose Antonio & Dauvin, Jean-Claude, 2010, A new species of Medicorophium Bousfield, M. longisetosum n. sp. from the western Mediterranean, coast of Spain, pp. 53-60 in Zootaxa 2450 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195185