Electronic Supplement 16
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Organisms
Diversity & Evolution 3 (2003) Electronic Supplement 16 |
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Jørgen Berge:
The taxonomy of the amphipod genus
Stilipes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Stilipedidae), with description of one
new species.
print version: Org. Divers. Evol. 3(4): 305. 2003 (abstract and
diagnosis)
electr. suppl.: full article. pdf-format,
2.3 MB
Abstract:
A new species of marine amphipod, Stilipes
macquariensis sp. n., is described from west of Macquarie Island. Two of
the previously known species in the genus, S. distinctus and S.
lacteus, are partly redescribed, and a key to Stilipes species is
presented. The name of the species originally published as Stilipes
distincta Holmes, 1908 is changed to S. distinctus as mandated by
the Code of zoological nomenclature (ICZN 1999: Article 34.2.), to match the
gender of the genus name.
Detailed studies of various appendages have
revealed that, contrary to what was believed until now, members of
Stilipes do possess both a small accessory flagellum on the first
antenna and a row of raker setae on the mandible (Fig. 1). Relations of the
genus to the three families Astyridae, Stilipedidae and Iphimediidae (all sensu
Coleman & Barnard 1991) are discussed.
Key words: Amphipoda, Stilipes macquariensis sp. n., taxonomy
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