Ampeliscidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the IceAGE expeditions

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Author: Peart,Rachael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018
• Subjects: Ampelisca; Byblisoides; distributions; Haploops; Iceland; key; new species
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.731.19948; https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/19948/

Ampeliscidae has been recorded extensively from Icelandic waters by many detailed reports. Material collected from the IceAGE (Icelandic marine animals: Genetics and Ecology) 1 and 2 expeditions has resulted in a reasonably expected collection of ampeliscid amphipod species and distributions. However, as seems to be the trend in amphipod systematics, there are ever-present species complexes. Resulting from this, two species new to the genus Haploops are presented. Additionally, a new species and new record and key of the genus Byblisoides is also presented.