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Issue: Vol. 4378 No. 1: 7 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.11
Page range: 144–150
Abstract views: 151
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Microdeutopus, M. periergos sp. nov. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Aoridae) from Cyprus (East Mediterranean Sea)

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland.
Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology & Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Gournes Pediados, P.O. Box 2214, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab Ltd, 4533, Cyprus.
Crustacea Amphipoda taxonomy new species Microdeutopus Cyprus

Abstract

A new species of Microdeutopus, M. periergos sp. nov. is described from Cyprus. This brings the total number of species of Microdeutopus known from the Mediterranean Sea to twelve. It is described and figured here and a key to the genus is provided.

 

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