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Issue: Vol. 2260 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.6
Page range: 132–142
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 31

Ampeliscidae

Southeastern Regional Taxonomic Center, Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, 217 Ft. Johnson Rd., Charleston, South Carolina, 29412, USA South Australian Museum, Science Centre, Morgan Thomas Lane, off Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
Crustacea Amphipoda Ampeliscidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Ampelisca dingaal Ampelisca jiigurru Ampelisca dimboola

Abstract

Three species of Ampelisca are described: two are new (Ampelisca dingaal sp. nov. and Ampelisca jiigurru sp. nov.), and the third presents a range extension of Ampelisca dimboola.

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