Two New Species of Two New Gammaridan Genera (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Florida Keys

Authors

James Darwin Thomas, Newfound Harbor Marine InstituteFollow
J. L. Barnard, Smithsonian Institution

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1985

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

ISSN

0006-324X

Volume

98

Issue/No.

1

First Page

191

Last Page

203

Abstract

Two new species of the new genera Anamaera (A. hixom) and Spathiopus (S looensis), both belonging to the section Gammarida of Amphipoda, are described from the Florida Keys. Anamaera is a new genus close to Maera, Ceradocus, and Ceradomaera, but has an unique combination of minor character expressions. Males of Spathiopus have an unusual paddle-shaped antenna 2 but otherwise Spathiopus appears to be an apomorph of Elasmopus.

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Additional Comments

NSF grant #: DEB8121128

NSUWorks Citation

James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard. 1985. Two New Species of Two New Gammaridan Genera (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Florida Keys .Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , (1) : 191 -203. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/604.