Talorchestia qeshm sp. nov., a new talitrid amphipod from the Persian Gulf (Amphipoda, Talitridae)

IM LOWRY; Farzaneh MOMTAZI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3985.3.7

Issue: Vol. 3985 No. 3: 13 Jul. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-07-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.3.7

Page range: 432–439

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Talorchestia qeshm sp. nov., a new talitrid amphipod from the Persian Gulf (Amphipoda, Talitridae)

IM LOWRY⁺⁻
Farzaneh MOMTAZI⁺⁻

Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.

Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Tehran, Iran.

Crustacea Amphipoda Talitridae Talorchestia Persian Gulf taxonomy new species

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Abstract

A new talitrid amphipod species, Talorchestia qeshm sp. nov., is described from Qeshm Island in the south-eastern Persian Gulf. This is the westernmost confirmed record for Talorchestia and places the genus firmly in the western Indian Ocean.