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Issue: Vol. 5792 No. 3: 14 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5792.3.7
Page range: 565-572
Abstract views: 75
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Reniuristis brevicoxus gen. et sp. nov. (Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Uristidae) described from Site F cold seep in the South China Sea

Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny; Institute of Oceanology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266071; China. Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology; Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center; Qingdao; China. College of Biological Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049; China.
Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny; Institute of Oceanology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266071; China. Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology; Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center; Qingdao; China. Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology; Institute of Oceanology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao; China. College of Biological Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049; China.
Crustacea Deep sea Methane seep morphology Reniuristis gen. nov. taxonomy

Abstract

The biodiversity of Site F, a cold seep in the South China Sea, still has some knowledge gaps. Reniuristis brevicoxus gen. et sp. nov. is the first epibenthic amphipod reported at Site F. The new genus Reniuristis gen. nov. differs from other genera of the family Uristidae Hurley, 1963 by the combination of the following characters: a callynophore only weakly developed, the inner plate of the maxilliped almost extending to the end of the outer plate, a vestigial coxa 1, a constricted inner ramus of uropod 2 and a notched telson. Morphologically, this study describes the new genus Reniuristis gen. nov. with R. brevicoxus gen. et sp. nov. as its type species.

 

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How to Cite

Wang, Y.-R. & Sha, Z.-L. (2026) Reniuristis brevicoxus gen. et sp. nov. (Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Uristidae) described from Site F cold seep in the South China Sea. Zootaxa, 5792 (3), 565–572. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5792.3.7