Wombalano yerang, New Genus and Species of Corophioid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Authors

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

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1991

Publication Title

Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria

ISSN

0814-1827

Volume

52

Issue/No.

2

First Page

319

Last Page

324

Abstract

Wombalano is characterized by having a interlocked basket of large spines on the bases of male gnathopod 2; these bases arc curved inward to afford the interlocking capability.

This genus differs from Lemboides Stebbing in the even more shortened inner ramus of uropod 3, in the simple mandibular palp, the fused articles of the flagellum on antenna 2, and the immense basket-shovel formed of spines on articl 2 of male gnathopod 2.

Additional Comments

National Geographic Society grant #: 3723-87; NSF grant #s: BSR-8515186, BSR-8915688

NSUWorks Citation

James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard. 1991. Wombalano yerang, New Genus and Species of Corophioid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia .Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria , (2) : 319 -324. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/611.