Additional Comments on the Genus Anonyx (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the Atlantic and Arctic Coasts of North America

Recent examination of type specimens at the Zoological Institute in Leningrad has shown that a previous identification of Anonyx pacificus Gurjanova for the northwest Atlantic is changed to A. makarovi Gurjanova. Anonyx pacificus Gurjanova (in part) and A. kurilicus are considered to be synonyms of...

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Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Author: Steele, D. H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
Subjects:
General Medicine
Arctic
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-061
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-061
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Summary:Recent examination of type specimens at the Zoological Institute in Leningrad has shown that a previous identification of Anonyx pacificus Gurjanova for the northwest Atlantic is changed to A. makarovi Gurjanova. Anonyx pacificus Gurjanova (in part) and A. kurilicus are considered to be synonyms of A. nugax. Other problems concerning the taxonomy of the eight northwest Atlantic species of Anonyx are discussed.

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