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Issue: Vol. 2791 No. 1: 15 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2791.1.5
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of amphipod, Megamphopus katagani sp. nov. (Crustacea: Peracarida: Photidae) from the Sea of Marmara (Turkey), with a key to the species of Megamphopus in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and associated Seas

Ege University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR57000, Sinop, Turkey
Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, University College Cork, Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland
Crustacea Amphipoda Megamphopus katagani taxonomy new species Turkey

Abstract

A new species of amphipod, Megamphopus katagani sp. nov., is described from the sea of Marmara (Turkey). A key to the species of Megamphopus known from the North-East Atlantic, Mediterranean and associated seas is provided.

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