Elasmopus alkhiranensis sp. nov., a new species of amphipod (Senticaudata, Maeridae) from the Persian Gulf

ALAN MYERS; FARZANEH MOMTAZI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.8

Issue: Vol. 3973 No. 1: 16 Jun. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-16

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.8

Page range: 185–194

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Elasmopus alkhiranensis sp. nov., a new species of amphipod (Senticaudata, Maeridae) from the Persian Gulf

ALAN MYERS⁺⁻
FARZANEH MOMTAZI⁺⁻

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland.

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

Amphipoda taxonomy Elasmopus new species Persian Gulf Crustacea

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Abstract

A new species, Elasmopus alkhiranensis allied to E. pectenicrus is described from the Persian Gulf. Recent collections identify this species as having a morphological variation previously unreported in Elasmopus.