Gitana dominica, a New Species from the Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda: Amphilochidae)

Authors

James Darwin Thomas, Reef FoundationFollow
J. L. Barnard, Smithsonian Institution

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1990

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

ISSN

0006-324X

Volume

103

Issue/No.

3

First Page

617

Last Page

623

Abstract

The new species Gitana dominica is described from Dominica in the Lesser Antilles; it is the first record of the genus from the western Atlantic Ocean. The new species differs from its closest relative, Gitana calitemplado, from California, in the shorter and posteroventrally excavate coxa 1. Gitana is reviewed.

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Additional Comments

NSF grant #: 8515186

NSUWorks Citation

James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard. 1990. Gitana dominica, a New Species from the Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda: Amphilochidae) .Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , (3) : 617 -623. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/593.