The genus Anonyx (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in the North Pacific and Arctic oceans: Anonyx laticoxae group

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Steele, D. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1986
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z86-380; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z86-380

Thirteen species of the Anonyx laticoxae group (uropod 2 with the rami not broadened and with the inner ramus not constricted) are listed for the North Pacific region. Five new species, Anonyx schefferi, Anonyx stegnegeri, Anonyx gurjanovai, Anonyx hurleyi, and Anonyx petersoni are described. Anonyx japonicus is synonymized with Anonyx affinis, and Anonyx lebedi and A. orientalis are raised to full species. Eleven of these species are known only from the North Pacific region. Anonyx laticoxae and Anonyx affinis are the only two that are also found in the North Atlantic region.