Sars, G. O. (1878). Nye Bidrah til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Invertebratfauna. II. Middelhavets Cumaceer. <em>Archiv for Mathematik ig Naturvidenskab.</em> 3: 461 –512., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30037349[details]
Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2025). World Cumacea Database. Lampropidae Sars, 1878. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110381 on 2026-06-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lampropidae Sars, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110381 on 2026-06-28
original descriptionSars, G. O. (1878). Nye Bidrah til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Invertebratfauna. II. Middelhavets Cumaceer. <em>Archiv for Mathematik ig Naturvidenskab.</em> 3: 461 –512., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30037349[details]
basis of recordWatling, L. (2001). Cumacea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 308-310 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceMartin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional sourceBacescu, M. (1988). Cumacea I. (Fam. Archaeocumatidae, Lampropidae, Bodotriidae, Leuconidae). In: H.E. Gruner and L.B. Holtuis, (ed.), Crustaceorum Catalogus. Pars 7, pp. 1-173. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague. Corey, S. 1970.[details] Available for editors
additional sourceHayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001[details] Available for editors
identification resourceGerken, S. (2018). The Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) of the World. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4428(1): 1-192., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4428.1.1[details] Available for editors
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Morphology
Telson present, of medium or large size, with 3 or more terminal setae, rarely with only 1.
Uropod inner ramus three-articulate.
Male pleopods 3 or 0 pairs, with external process on inner ramus; female pleopods present in one species.
Number free thoracic somites never reduced.
Exopods on maxillipeds and the following combinations of pereopods: in the male 1-4; in the female, 2 + 2 rudimentary, rarely 1 or 1 + 1 rudimentary.
Mandible naviculoid, with large section dorsal to molar.