Gammaropsis arawakia, a New Species of Marine Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Jamaica

Authors

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

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

ISSN

0006-324X

Publication Date

1989

Abstract

One of the dominant amphipods in algal turf communities at Discovery Bay, Jamaica, is a new species, Gammaropsis arawakia, characterized by long peduncle of uropod 3, small coxa I, 3-articulate accessory flagellum, extremely setose gnathopod 2, one pair of dorsal teeth on urosomite I, pointed ocular lobe, and oblique upper margin of cephalic sinus for antenna 2.

Volume

102

Issue

1

First Page

89

Last Page

94

Comments

©The Authors

NSUWorks Citation

James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard. 1989. Gammaropsis arawakia, a New Species of Marine Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Jamaica .Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , (1) : 89 -94. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/594.