Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)

An overview of boring Australian Eophliantidae is provided along with the description of two new species of the genus Bircenna Chilton, 1884, B. thieli sp. nov. and B. hinojosai sp. nov. Interestingly, these species co-occur in samples of the bull kelp Durvillaea potatorum (Labilla...

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Main Authors: Lauren Elizabeth Hughes, Anne-Nina Lörz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-06-01
Series:Evolutionary Systematics
Online Access:https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/35340/download/pdf/
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spelling doaj-5e82e9a7227744c39199837ed32fd0ea2020-11-25T02:06:58ZengPensoft PublishersEvolutionary Systematics2535-07302019-06-0131415210.3897/evolsyst.3.3534035340Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)Lauren Elizabeth Hughes0Anne-Nina Lörz1Natural History MuseumUniversity of Hamburg An overview of boring Australian Eophliantidae is provided along with the description of two new species of the genus Bircenna Chilton, 1884, B. thieli sp. nov. and B. hinojosai sp. nov. Interestingly, these species co-occur in samples of the bull kelp Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) Areschoug, 1854 collected in Tasmania, Australia and present a number of novel urosomite and telson structures not previously recorded. An updated key to the 16 world species is given. https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/35340/download/pdf/
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Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)
Evolutionary Systematics
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title Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)
title_short Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)
title_full Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)
title_fullStr Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)
title_full_unstemmed Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)
title_sort boring amphipods from tasmania, australia (eophliantidae: amphipoda: crustacea)
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series Evolutionary Systematics
issn 2535-0730
publishDate 2019-06-01
description An overview of boring Australian Eophliantidae is provided along with the description of two new species of the genus Bircenna Chilton, 1884, B. thieli sp. nov. and B. hinojosai sp. nov. Interestingly, these species co-occur in samples of the bull kelp Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) Areschoug, 1854 collected in Tasmania, Australia and present a number of novel urosomite and telson structures not previously recorded. An updated key to the 16 world species is given.
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