Table 1 in A new neotenous genus and species, Deltanthura palpus gen. et sp. nov. (Isopoda, Anthuroidea, Paranthuridae) from Japan, with a revised key to the genera in Paranthuridae

Table 1. Comparison of selected characters among the seven genera in Paranthuridae. CharactersPseudanthura Richardson, 1911Paranthura Bate & Westwood, 1866Califanthura Schultz, 1977Colanthura Richardson, 1902Cruranthura Thomson, 1946Cruregens Chilton, 1882Deltanthura gen. nov.EyesAbsentPresent/absentPresentPresentPresentAbsentPresentPereonite 7Not hidden laterallyNot hidden laterallyHidden laterallyHidden laterallyNot hidden laterallyNot hidden laterallyHidden laterallyPleonites 1-5FusedFree or fusedFusedIndicated by folds1 free, 2-5 fusedFreeFusedPleonite 6 and telsonFused dorsallyNot fused dorsallyNot fused dorsallyNot fused dorsallyNot fused dorsallyNot fused dorsallyFused dorsallyMandibleAcuteAcuteBluntBluntBluntBluntAcuteMandibular palp3-articulate3-articulateAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent3-articulateMaxillipedal enditePresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentPresentPereopod 7 in non-manca individualsPresentPresentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentUropodal exopodTaperingOvalOvalOvalOvalOvalTaperingReferencesPoore and Lew Ton (1986)Frutos et al. (2011), Poore (2001)Poore (2001)Poore (2001)Poore (2001)Poore (2001)Present study