Diastylidae

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Diastylidae
Diastylis laevis.jpg
Diastylis laevis
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Diastylidae

Bate, 1856 [1]
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Diastylidae is one of the eight most commonly recognised families of crustaceans of the order Cumacea. They are marine creatures especially common around the 30th parallel north.[2]

Anatomy

General body plan of diastylids, based on D. laevis

Diastylidae have a medium to large, free telson, that has not fused with the last pleon segment. The telson usually bears two terminal setae.[3]

Males have generally two pairs of pleopods, though in rare cases they may be rather small or even entirely absent. The flagellum of the second antenna reaches past the pereon.[3]

In females the second antenna is much smaller than the first antenna. In males the third maxilliped and the first four pereiopods almost always have exopods (outer branches). In females they may, in rare cases, be absent from all but the third maxillipeds, and the two first pereiopods.[3]

The interior branch of the uropods are generally made up of two or three segments, but in some rare case may have just one. Members of this family frequently show clear sexual dimorphism.[3]

Genera

There are around 285 species,[4] in 24 genera:[5]

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External links

  • Data related to Diastylidae at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons