Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species

Eleven taxa including one new species of gammaridean amphipods are reported from the waters of Pulau Tioman. The presence of Tethygeneia sunda sp. n. represents the first record of the genus from the South China Sea. Additional material of Ampelisca brevicornis (Costa, 1853); Cymadusa vadosa Imbach,...

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Main Authors: Azman Abdul Rahim, Othman Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013-09-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3215
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spelling doaj-a403b344c76b4efd883673f35b913c822020-11-24T21:25:05ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702013-09-01335013110.3897/zookeys.335.55673215Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new speciesAzman Abdul RahimOthman RossEleven taxa including one new species of gammaridean amphipods are reported from the waters of Pulau Tioman. The presence of Tethygeneia sunda sp. n. represents the first record of the genus from the South China Sea. Additional material of Ampelisca brevicornis (Costa, 1853); Cymadusa vadosa Imbach, 1967; Paradexamine setigera Hirayama, 1984; Ericthonius pugnax (Dana, 1853); Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816); Microlysias xenokeras (Stebbing, 1918); Monoculodes muwoni Jo, 1990 are identified from the South China Sea, supporting previous records by Lowry (2000), Huang (1994), Imbach (1967), Margulis (1968) and Nagata (1959). Three additional species, Gitanopsis pusilla K.H. Barnard, 1916, Liljeborgia japonica Nagata, 1965b and Latigammaropsis atlantica (Stebbing, 1888), whilst previously reported from the neighbouring waters, comprise new records for the South China Sea.http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3215
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Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species
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author_facet Azman Abdul Rahim
Othman Ross
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title Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species
title_short Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species
title_full Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species
title_fullStr Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species
title_full_unstemmed Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species
title_sort shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of pulau tioman, malaysia, with the description of a new species
publisher Pensoft Publishers
series ZooKeys
issn 1313-2989
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publishDate 2013-09-01
description Eleven taxa including one new species of gammaridean amphipods are reported from the waters of Pulau Tioman. The presence of Tethygeneia sunda sp. n. represents the first record of the genus from the South China Sea. Additional material of Ampelisca brevicornis (Costa, 1853); Cymadusa vadosa Imbach, 1967; Paradexamine setigera Hirayama, 1984; Ericthonius pugnax (Dana, 1853); Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816); Microlysias xenokeras (Stebbing, 1918); Monoculodes muwoni Jo, 1990 are identified from the South China Sea, supporting previous records by Lowry (2000), Huang (1994), Imbach (1967), Margulis (1968) and Nagata (1959). Three additional species, Gitanopsis pusilla K.H. Barnard, 1916, Liljeborgia japonica Nagata, 1965b and Latigammaropsis atlantica (Stebbing, 1888), whilst previously reported from the neighbouring waters, comprise new records for the South China Sea.
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