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Issue: Vol. 4388 No. 4: 6 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.5
Page range: 537–546
Abstract views: 62
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A new species of Stephonyx (Amphipoda, Amphilochida, Lysianassoidea)
from Brazil

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. Rodovia BR 465 - Km7, Seropédica, RJ CEP 23890-000, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Laboratório de Carcinologia, Departamento de Oceanografia. Av. da Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, CEP 50740-550, Brasil
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Faculdade de Formação de Professores (FFP), Departamento de Ciências (DCIEN). Rua Dr. Francisco Portela, 1470, Patronato, São Gonçalo, RJ, CEP 24435-005, Brasil
Crustacea taxonomy Uristidae Brazilian waters northeastern Brazil Sergipe State

Abstract

A new species of Stephonyx Lowry and Stoddart, 1989 from northeastern Brazil is described, the second record of the genus from Brazil. The new Brazilian species is morphologically close to the type species of the genus. In this paper we compare the different descriptions of Stephonyx biscayensis (Chevreux, 1908) and recommend the necessity of a revision, since some described species may or may not be S. biscayensis.

 

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