Integrative taxonomy of giant crested Eusirus in the Southern Ocean, including the description of a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae)

• Published in: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: Verheye, Marie L, D’Udekem D’Acoz, Cédric
• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Division, Institut polaire français Paul Émile Victor, Fonds Léopold III
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2020
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Giganteus; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa141; https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/193/1/31/49555553/zlaa141.pdf

Abstract Among Antarctic amphipods of the genus Eusirus, a highly distinctive clade of giant species is characterized by a dorsal, blade-shaped tooth on pereionites 5–7 and pleonites 1–3. This lineage, herein named ‘crested Eusirus’, includes two potential species complexes, the Eusirus perdentatus...