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Issue: Vol. 1344 No. 1: 26 Oct. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-10-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1344.1.1
Page range: 1–22
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

A revision of Pseudopleonexes Conlan, 1982 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ampithoidae) with description of three new species from Australia

Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia, and School of Environmental Science and Natural Resources Management, University of New England, National Marine Science Centre, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia
Crustacea Ampithoidae Australia Amphipoda taxonomy revision new species Pseudopleonexes

Abstract

Pseudopleonexes is a small genus of ampithoid amphipods previously known from only two southern hemisphere species, P. lessoniae (Hurley, 1954) and P. sheardi Just, 2002. Pseudopleonexes is revised based on type material and other collections from around Australia. Diagnoses and a key to the species are provided. Three new southern Australian species are described: P. burney sp. nov., P. justi sp. nov. and P. nexis sp. nov.

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