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Published: 2009-10-08
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Aoridae

Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, National University of Ireland Cork, Enterprise Centre, Lee Fields, Cork, Ireland
Crustacea Amphipoda Aoridae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Aoroides palfreyensis Aoroides parvus Autonoe seurati Bemlos aequimanus Bemlos australis Bemlos bidens Bemlos clypeatus Bemlos ephippium Bemlos gladius

Abstract

Five genera and 21 species of aorids are reported from the Great Barrier Reef, most of which belong to the genus Bemlos. One third of the species are new to science and half of them are currently known only from the Great Barrier Reef.

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