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Issue: Vol. 4136 No. 1: 5 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.12
Page range: 195–200
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A new species of Ampithoe Leach, 1814 (Senticaudata, Ampithoidae) from Brazilian coast

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Museu de Oceanografia Prof. Petrônio Alves Coelho, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740–550, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Museu de Oceanografia Prof. Petrônio Alves Coelho, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740–550, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Museu de Oceanografia Prof. Petrônio Alves Coelho, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740–550, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Crustacea Amphipoda Ampithoidae Ampithoe taxonomy new species Brazil

Abstract

In this paper we describe a new species from Brazilian waters, Ampithoe suapensis sp. nov., from Pernambuco State, Brazil. This species is readily separated from its congeners by the following states of characters: mandible with palp slender, with 2 long setae on distal margin of article 3; gnathopod 2 propodus oval with palm densely setose, extremely acute and lacking ornamentation, peduncle of male uropod 1 with a blunt interramal process. Also, a key for the Ampithoe species found in Brazilian waters is provided.

 

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