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Syrrhoites terceris J. L. Barnard
Syrrhoites terceris J. L. Barnard, 1964: 31–32, figure 25.
DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum not deflexed; gnathopods with one defining spine, article 5 of gnathopod 2 elongate; article 5 of pereopods 1–2 with setae of medium length; article 2 of pereopod 5 expanded, ventrally subtruncate; uropods 1–2 lacking peduncular processes; dorsal teeth extending from pereonite 5 to pleonite 2, teeth obsolescent on pleonites 3–4 and small on pleonite 5; epimeron 1 lacking tooth, epimeron 2 with medium tooth, epimeron 3 with sharply quadrate posteroventral corner, posterior margin finely serrate; telson cleft two-thirds its length.
East tropical Pacific, 1609–1746 m.
- bibliographic citation
- Barnard, J. L. 1972. "A review of the family Synopiidae (=Tironidae), mainly distributed in the deep sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-94. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.124
