Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4458695 Organisms Diversity & Evolution 2008 12 Pages PDF
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 1062 m depth, with a maximum abundance (56.1 ind./100 m2) recorded at 1044-1062 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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