Bathya brevicarpus gen. et sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Calliopiidae), from hydrothermal vents, Okinawa Trough, North-west Pacific
oleh: Yan-Rong Wang, Chao-Dong Zhu, Zhong-Li Sha, Xian-Qiu Ren
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| Diterbitkan: | Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2020-07-01 |
Deskripsi
One individual referable to Calliopiidae G.O. Sars, 1893 was collected from a chemically reduced habitat, the hydrothermal vent systems in Okinawa Trough, and was identified as a new genus and species belonging to this family after a morphological examination. A formal description of this new species and a discussion of the relationship of the new genus within Calliopiidae are presented.