Arcitalitrus sylvaticus
Creators: name: R Peart
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Arcitalitridae
Arcitalitrus
Arcitalitrus sylvaticus

description: <i>Arcitalitrus sylvaticus</i> (Haswell) Figs. 6, 24–26 <i>Talitrus sylvaticus</i> Haswell, 1879: 246, pl. 7, fig. 1; Stebbing, 1906: 524; Sayce, 1909: 30; Chilton, 1916: 83; Clark, 1955: 253–257; Ingle, 1958: 591–592 (probably <i>Ar. dorrieni</i>); Shoemaker, 1936; Bousfield &amp; Carlton, 1967: 282; Bousfield, 1975: 353 (key). <i>Talitrus (Arcitalitrus) sylvaticus</i>.– Hurley, 1975: 161. <i>Arcitalitrus sylvaticus</i>.– Bousfield, 1982: 55; Bousfield, 1984: 206, table 7; Lazo-Wasem, 1983: 213; Lazo-Wasem, 1984: 343; Friend, 1987: 35, 38; Duncan, 1994: 11, pl 1. Not <i>Talitrus sylvaticus</i>.– Thomson, 1893: 59, pl. iv, figs 1,2,4,7,9,10 (part= <i>Mysticotalitrus cryptus</i> Friend, 1987; part= <i>Keratroides vulgaris</i> Friend, 1979). Chevreux, 1901: 392, fig. 7 (= <i>Arcitalitrus bassianus</i> Friend, 1987). Smith, 1909: 79. Hale, 1929: 218, fig. 216 (= <i>Austrotroides crenatus</i> Friend, 1982). Ruffo, 1949: 206 (part = <i>Keratroides vulgaris</i> Friend, 1979). <b>Type material</b>. <i>Neotype</i>. Female, 12.0 mm, AM P60950. <b>Type locality</b>. Nurragingy Reserve, Rooty Hill (33°46'S 150°51'E), Sydney, Australia. <b>Description</b>. Based on neotype female. <i>Body</i> shape normally laterally compressed; cuticle calcification absent. <i>Eye</i> medium (<b> 1</b> ⁄ <b> 5 – 1</b> ⁄ <b> 3</b> head length). <i>Antenna 2</i> longer than head and first 3 pereonites; peduncular articles narrow. <i>Maxilliped</i> outer plate distally acute/arcuate; palp dactylus present and distinct. <i>Pereonite 1</i> sternite without papillose process. <i>Gnathopod 1</i> not sexually dimorphic; simple; merus and carpus not expanded; propodus subrectangular; palm absent; dactylus longer than palm. <i>Gnathopod 2</i> not sexually dimorphic; chelate; narrow; merus and carpus expanded posteriorly; propodus “mitten-like”; palm obtuse; smooth; dactylus shorter than palm. <i>Pereopods 3–7</i> long (½ length of body); simplidactylate. <i>Pereopod 4</i> carpus similar in length to pereopod 3 carpus, dactylus similar to pereopod 3 dactylus. <i>Pereopod 7</i> posterodistal lobe present. <i>Gill 2</i> lobate, not incised. <i>Gills 3–5</i> simple or lobate, smaller than gills 2 and 6. <i>Gill 6</i> lobate, <i>anterior margin convoluted, subapically incised along posterior margin</i>. <i>Oostegites</i> long (length greater than 2× width), <i>strongly setose</i>, setae with simple smooth tips. <i>Epimera 1 to 3</i> not convergent. <i>Epimeron 2</i> subequal in length to epimeron 3. <i>Epimeron 3</i> posteroventral margin smooth, posteroventral corner with small subacute tooth. <i>Pleopod 1</i> well developed, biramous, <i>rami subequal in length to peduncle</i>; inner ramus with 13 articles; outer ramus with 10 articles. <i>Pleopod 2</i> well developed, biramous, rami subequal in length to peduncle; inner ramus with 8 articles; outer ramus with 3 articles, outer ramus with 1–5 articles. <i>Pleopod 3</i> reduced, rami absent. <i>Uropod 1</i> not sexually dimorphic; peduncle with 4 robust setae on peduncle; inner ramus subequal in length to outer ramus, with 2 robust setae on the margins, <i>with 1–2 robust setae</i>, with 5 apical robust setae; outer ramus without marginal robust setae, with 4 apical robust setae. <i>Uropod 2</i> not sexually dimorphic; peduncle with 3 robust setae; inner ramus subequal in length to outer ramus, with 2 marginal robust setae, 5 apical robust setae; outer ramus without marginal robust setae, with 3 apical robust setae. <i>Uropod 3</i> peduncle with 1 robust seta; ramus shorter than peduncle, ramus linear (narrowing), with 2 robust setae. <i>Telson</i> as broad as long, apically incised, with marginal and apical robust setae, with 3–5 robust setae per lobe.
description: Published as part of <i>R Peart, 2006, The Amphipod Genus Arcitalitrus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) of New South Wales Forests, With Descriptions of Six New Species, pp. 97-118 in Records of the Australian Museum 58</i> on page 105
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