Sophrosyne Stebbing 1888
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
name: Stoddart, H. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Sophrosynidae
Sophrosyne

description: Key to species of Sophrosyne   
1. Epimeron 3, posteroventral corner rounded............................................................................................................... 2  
- Epimeron 3, posteroventral corner angled.................................................................................................................. 7  
 2. Telson entire .......................................................................................................................................... S. integricauda   
- Telson cleft.................................................................................................................................................................. 3  
 3. Gnathopod 2 palm large................................................................................................................................ S. peartae   
- Gnathopod 2 palm small............................................................................................................................................. 4  
4. Mandibular palp article 2 with D2-setae..................................................................................................................... 5  
- Mandibular palp article 2 without D2-setae............................................................................................................... 6  
 5. Mandibular palp article 3 with D3-setae; uropod 2 without robust setae on rami.................................. S. californica   
 - Mandibular palp article 3 without D3-setae; uropod 2 with robust setae on at least one ramus.............. S. cantractia   
 6. Gnathopod 2 palm convex; pereopod 6 coxa slightly lobate posteriorly................................................. S. robertsoni   
 - Gnathopod 2 palm concave; pereopod 6 coxa not lobate posteriorly....................................................... S. antarctica   
 7. Gnathopod 2 palm large............................................................................................................................... S. murrayi   
- Gnathopod 2 palm small............................................................................................................................................. 8  
8. Pereopod 7, basis posteroventral lobe extending beyond ischium............................................................................. 9  
- Pereopod 7, basis posteroventral lobe not extending beyond ischium..................................................................... 10  
 9. Maxilliped palp article 2 broad; pereopod 6 coxa strongly lobate posteriorly............................................ S. hispana   
 - Maxilliped palp article 2 slender; pereopod 6 coxa slightly lobate posteriorly........................................... S. rodondo   
10. Pereopod 6 coxa strongly lobate posteriorly............................................................................................................. 11  
- Pereopod 6 coxa slightly lobate posteriorly.............................................................................................................. 13  
 11. Mandible palp article 2 broadened distally.................................................................................................. S. ledoyeri   
- Mandible palp article 2 slender................................................................................................................................. 12  
 12. Mandible palp articles 2 and 3 with D-setae; telson longer than broad.................................................... S. inverarae   
 - Mandible palp articles 2 and 3 without D-setae; telson about as long as broad.............................................. S. ruffoi   
 13. Maxilliped palp article 2 slender (length about 2.4 x breadth); telson moderately cleft (about 38%).......... S. moorei   
 - Maxilliped palp article 2 broad (length about 1.8 x breadth); telson deeply cleft (about 67%)..................... S. abyssi
description: Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2010, Sophrosynidae, a new family in the Lysianassoidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with a revision of the genus Sophrosyne, pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 2370 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2370.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5306939