The genus Laureola was established by Barnard(1960)for some species previously ascribed to the genus Akermania Collinge,1919.The genus is mainly defined by the head with a well-developed frontal shield and a pair of l...The genus Laureola was established by Barnard(1960)for some species previously ascribed to the genus Akermania Collinge,1919.The genus is mainly defined by the head with a well-developed frontal shield and a pair of long antennae;the foliaceous body with long spines or spiniform tubercles on the dorsum,all the epimera are pointed except for the first pereonite with a blunted round epimera,pereonites 1,2 and often 3 with ventral lobes,and all the pereopods are long and frail;most species with triangular telson except for L.canberrensis(Vandel,1973)and L.dubia Schmalfuss&Ferrara,1983 have rectangular distal parts,uropod protopodite is normally triangular,and the exopodite is well-developed;epimera of pleon segments 3–5 with acute apical tips,all the pleopods exopodites are present,and equipped with pseudotracheae(Schmalfuss&Ferrara,1983).展开更多
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文摘The genus Laureola was established by Barnard(1960)for some species previously ascribed to the genus Akermania Collinge,1919.The genus is mainly defined by the head with a well-developed frontal shield and a pair of long antennae;the foliaceous body with long spines or spiniform tubercles on the dorsum,all the epimera are pointed except for the first pereonite with a blunted round epimera,pereonites 1,2 and often 3 with ventral lobes,and all the pereopods are long and frail;most species with triangular telson except for L.canberrensis(Vandel,1973)and L.dubia Schmalfuss&Ferrara,1983 have rectangular distal parts,uropod protopodite is normally triangular,and the exopodite is well-developed;epimera of pleon segments 3–5 with acute apical tips,all the pleopods exopodites are present,and equipped with pseudotracheae(Schmalfuss&Ferrara,1983).
