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Published: 2009-10-08
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Liljeborgiidae

Humboldt-University, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Abteilung Sammlungen, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
Crustacea Amphipoda Liljeborgiidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Liljeborgia joergpeteri

Abstract

The new species Liljeborgia joergpeteri is described from Lizard Island and Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Characteristic for this species is: the pleonite and urosomite dorsal serration formula 3–3–0–0–0; large rounded eyes; an entire upper lip; and the asymmetrical notched telson apices.

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