Vadosiapus copacabanus, a New Genus and Species of Exoedicerotidae from Brazil (Crustacea, Amphipoda)

Authors

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

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

ISSN

0006-324X

Publication Date

1988

Abstract

Vadosiapus copacabanus, n. gen. is described from the surf zone on the beach at Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The genus and unique species is related to the three known species of Bathyporeiapus, which range southward from Brazil through the Magellan region of South America. Vadosiapus is distinguished from Bathyporeiapus in the odd phoxocephalid-like article 3 of the mandibular palp, the nonsinuate epimeron 2, the broadened tel son bearing only midsagittal armaments and the enlarged dactyl of gnathopod 2.

Volume

101

Issue

2

First Page

366

Last Page

374

Comments

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Additional Comments

NSF grant #: BSR-8515186

NSUWorks Citation

J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas. 1988. Vadosiapus copacabanus, a New Genus and Species of Exoedicerotidae from Brazil (Crustacea, Amphipoda) .Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , (2) : 366 -374. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/598.