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Issue: Vol. 2260 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.46
Page range: 836–840
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 18

Pleustidae

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Crustacea Amphipoda Pleustidae Austropleustinae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Tepidopleustes acromatius

Abstract

The austropleustine Tepidopleustes acromatius sp. nov. (Pleustidae) is described from the outer Great Barrier Reef off Lizard Island. The species is similar to two tropical species from Madagascar, Mauritius and Hawaii, but differs in several characters from two species previously reported from Australia.

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