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Issue: Vol. 2450 No. 1: 10 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2450.1.4
Page range: 53–60
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Medicorophium Bousfield, M. longisetosum n. sp. from the western Mediterranean, coast of Spain

Department of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences, University College, Cork, Ireland
Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology. University of Alicante. Ap 99 E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Université de Lille Nord de France, 59000 Lille, France Université de Lille1, Station Marine de Wimereux, UMR LOG, 28 avenue Foch, BP 80, F-62930 Wimereux, France
Crustacea Amphipoda taxonomy Medicorophium new species Mediterranean

Abstract

A new species of Medicorophium, M. longisetosum sp. nov., is described from the western Mediterranean in Comunidad Comunid Valenciana coast, Spain. The species is compared with the other known species of Medicorophium.

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