The family Opisidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters

  • Author
    Stoddart, H. E; Lowry, J. K
  • Year
    2010
  • Journal
    Zootaxa

Contents

Abstract

The lysianassoid amphipod family Opisidae is reported from Australian waters for the first time. Five new species in three genera are described: Normanion hipposideros sp. nov., N. whoi sp. nov., Podoprionella bulla sp. nov., Podoprionides akantha sp. nov., P. moonamoona sp. nov.

Key words: Crustacea, Amphipoda, Opisidae, Australia, taxonomy, new species, Normanion, Podoprionella, Podoprionides

 
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Bibliographic Data

Title
The family Opisidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters
Author
Stoddart, H. E; Lowry, J. K
Year
2010
Publication Type
Refereed Article
Journal
Zootaxa
Number of pages
22-38
Volume
2479
Language
en
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