The type species of the genus Mesokalliapseudes Lang 1956, M. crassus (Menzies 1953), which was originally incompletely described and illustrated, is redescribed and a key to the species of the genus is provided. A study of type and non-type material indicates that M. crassus is a protandric hermaphrodite. All of the adult specimens of M. crassus examined, including presumptive males and preincubatory and incubatory females, had a male genital cone. In all other aspects, except for the development of oostegites in the female phase, this species expresses no marked sexual dimorphism.
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1 December 2007
Redescription of Mesokalliapseudes crassus (Menzies, 1953) (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Kalliapseudidae): the first record of a hermaphroditic kalliapseudid
D. T. Drumm,
R. W. Heard
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Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
Vol. 120 • No. 4
December 2007
Vol. 120 • No. 4
December 2007