Amphipods of the Family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridea). I. Ampelisca bicarinata, a New Species of Amphipod from the Gulf of Mexico

A new species of the benthic amphipod genus Ampelisca Kroyer, is described and illustrated. Previous records of the Pacific species Ampelisca cristoides Barnard, 1954, from the western North Atlantic are now assignable to the proposed new species, Ampelisca bicarinata. These two closely related sibl...

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Published in:Gulf Research Reports
Main Authors: Goeke, Gary D., Heard, Richard W.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: The Aquila Digital Community 1983
Subjects:
amphipods
Ampelisca bicarinata
Gulf of Mexico
Marine Biology
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol7/iss3/3
https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0703.03
https://aquila.usm.edu/context/gcr/article/1165/viewcontent/Pages_from_vol7.3_3.pdf
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Summary:A new species of the benthic amphipod genus Ampelisca Kroyer, is described and illustrated. Previous records of the Pacific species Ampelisca cristoides Barnard, 1954, from the western North Atlantic are now assignable to the proposed new species, Ampelisca bicarinata. These two closely related sibling species are compared and their specific differences enumerated.

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