A revision of the bathyal and abyssal necrophage genus Cyclocaris Stebbing, 1888 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Cyclocaridae) with the addition of two new species from the Atlantic Ocean
A revision of the bathyal and abyssal necrophage genus Cyclocaris Stebbing, 1888 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Cyclocaridae) with the addition of two new species from the Atlantic Ocean
Two new species of the deep-sea scavenging genus Cyclocaris (Crustacea: Amphipoda) are described from bathyal and abyssal depths in the North and tropical Atlantic Ocean, bringing the total number of species in the genus to four. An account of all four species is given and an updated key to the genus Cyclocaris is provided.
Cyclocaris, necrophage, Atlantic Ocean, bathyal, abyssal, new species, Amphipoda
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Horton, Tammy
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Thurston, Michael H.
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20 May 2014
Horton, Tammy
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Thurston, Michael H.
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Horton, Tammy and Thurston, Michael H.
(2014)
A revision of the bathyal and abyssal necrophage genus Cyclocaris Stebbing, 1888 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Cyclocaridae) with the addition of two new species from the Atlantic Ocean.
Zootaxa, 3796 (3), .
(doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3796.3.6).
Abstract
Two new species of the deep-sea scavenging genus Cyclocaris (Crustacea: Amphipoda) are described from bathyal and abyssal depths in the North and tropical Atlantic Ocean, bringing the total number of species in the genus to four. An account of all four species is given and an updated key to the genus Cyclocaris is provided.
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Accepted/In Press date: May 2014
Published date: 20 May 2014
Keywords:
Cyclocaris, necrophage, Atlantic Ocean, bathyal, abyssal, new species, Amphipoda
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Marine Biogeochemistry
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Local EPrints ID: 364734
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/364734
ISSN: 1175-5334
PURE UUID: 34b32cc0-70ff-4607-b50e-be9aa487175f
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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 16:40
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Tammy Horton
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Michael H. Thurston
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