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Issue: Vol. 2370 No. 1: 25 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2370.1.1
Page range: 1–35
Abstract views: 26
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Sophrosynidae, a new family in the Lysianassoidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with a revision of the genus Sophrosyne

Crustacea Section, Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Crustacea Section, Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Crustacea Amphipoda Lysianassoidea Sophrosynidae taxonomy new family new species Sophrosyne

Abstract

The new lysianassoid amphipod family Sophrosynidae is described and the genus Sophrosyne is reviewed. Fourteen species are recognised including 10 new species and the documented distribution of the genus is expanded into the southwestern Pacific.

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