Tirons of the world: a review of ‘tironid’ amphipods, description of new genera and species, and establishment of a new subfamily Tironinae Stebbing, 1906 stat. nov. (Crustacea, Synopiidae)

• Main Author: JUST, JEAN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2022
• Subjects: Crustacea; Amphipoda; Synopiidae; Tironinae stat. nov; Tiron; Tironella gen. nov; Pseudotiron; Glandulotiron gen. nov; Metatiron; Minitiron gen. nov; new species; keys; distribution; Pacific; Coleman; Chevreux; Pina; Septimus; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5139.1.1

The classification of a group of Synopiidae is reviewed based primarily on new material from Australasia and the northern Pacific. A synopiid subfamily, Tironinae Stebbing, 1906 stat. nov. is diagnosed for the following six genera (3 new) consisting of 38 species (18 new): Tiron Lilljeborg, 1865, wi...