Biota and Environment of Natural Areas

Grintsov V.A.

Morphology of Platorchestia platensis (Amphipoda, Talitridae) finding on supralittoral zone (the Black Sea)

Year: 2019, Number: 1, Pages: 49-59

Author found that Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845) lives in the coastal zone of the southern coast of Crimea, P. platensis is a massive species of stalitride in algae emissions on the beaches from Sevastopol to Karadag. Such data is not available from other researchers Talitridae of Crimea. Morphological parameters, variability of morphology P. platensis (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from Crimea (Black Sea) were presented. Uropod I, outer ramus with spines only distally, lateral margin smooth. Dactyls of pereopods III – VII pair is cuspidactylate. Dactyl of pereopod IV unlike that dactyls of other pereopods. Mandibular left lacinia 5-dentate.

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