Two new species of Cerapus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) from the Northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Author: DRUMM, DAVID T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2018
• Subjects: Crustacea; Amphipoda; Ischyroceridae; Cerapus; taxonomy; new species; Northwest Atlantic; Delaware Bay; Great South Bay; Gulf of Mexico; Manatee River; Corpus Christie Bay; South Bay
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4441.3.4; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.4

Examination of material from the Northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico revealed the presence of two new species of the amphipod genus Cerapus. One of the species occurs in the NW Atlantic (Delaware Bay and Great South Bay, New York) and the other species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico (Manatee River,...