Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4458695 | Organisms Diversity & Evolution | 2008 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
A new species of the genus Liropus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) is described based on specimens collected from Le Danois bank ('El Cachucho' fishing grounds), Bay of Biscay. Liropus cachuchoensis n. sp. can be distinguished from all its congeners mainly by the absence of eyes and by the presence of a dorsal projection proximally on pereonites 3, 4 and 5 in males, on 3 and 5 in females. The new species has been found living on muddy bottoms on the southern flank of the bank and adjacent continental slope, between 619 and 1062Â m depth, with a maximum abundance (56.1Â ind./100Â m2) recorded at 1044-1062Â m. Morphological comparisons among the world's members of Liropus, a key to species, and data on their distribution are presented.
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Authors
José Manuel Guerra-GarcÃa, Jean Claude Sorbe, Inmaculada Frutos,