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Issue: Vol. 5748 No. 3: 14 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.7
Page range: 419-428
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A new species of the genus Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 (Senticaudata, Ampithoidae) from Gujarat State, India

Department of Life sciences; Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University; Patan- 384265; Gujarat; India
School of Biological; Earth and Environmental Sciences; University College Cork; Cork Enterprise Centre; Distillery Fields; North Mall; Cork; Ireland
Department of Life sciences; Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University; Patan- 384265; Gujarat; India
Crustacea Amphipod Marine Crustaceans Okha Taxonomy

Abstract

In the present study, a new species, Pleonexes spencebatei sp. nov., is described on the basis of specimens collected from Gujarat State, India. This new species is morphologically similar to P. nargessi Momtazi & Maghsoudlou, 2020, but can be differentiated by having, peduncle article 1 of antenna 1 without a distal robust seta, maxilla 1 inner plate with only 1 seta, more slender gnathopods, and telson lacking tubercles.

 

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How to Cite

Thacker, D., Myers, A.A. & Trivedi, J.N. (2026) A new species of the genus Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 (Senticaudata, Ampithoidae) from Gujarat State, India. Zootaxa, 5748 (3), 419–428. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.7