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Hirondellea sindhusagar (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea), a new deepwater scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Hirondellea

Hirondellea sindhusagar (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea), a new deepwater scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Hirondellea
Hirondellea sindhusagar (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea), a new deepwater scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Hirondellea
The amphipod genus Hirondellea Chevreux, 1889 is a cosmopolitan largely bathyal genus. This paper adds a new species from the bathyal Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, based on material collected by baited traps at 1182, 1184 and 1864 m off the coast of Pakistan. The species can be distinguished from the most closely allied species, Hirondellea brevicaudata (Chevreux, 1910) by the subacute lateral head lobes, the very weakly cleft telson, and characters of the mouthparts. A key to the ten species in the genus is provided.
Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, hirondelleid, new species, deep-sea
1175-5334
433-441
Horton, Tammy
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Thurston, Michael
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Horton, Tammy
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Thurston, Michael
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Horton, Tammy and Thurston, Michael (2009) Hirondellea sindhusagar (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea), a new deepwater scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Hirondellea. Zootaxa, 2096, 433-441.

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Abstract

The amphipod genus Hirondellea Chevreux, 1889 is a cosmopolitan largely bathyal genus. This paper adds a new species from the bathyal Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, based on material collected by baited traps at 1182, 1184 and 1864 m off the coast of Pakistan. The species can be distinguished from the most closely allied species, Hirondellea brevicaudata (Chevreux, 1910) by the subacute lateral head lobes, the very weakly cleft telson, and characters of the mouthparts. A key to the ten species in the genus is provided.

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Published date: 2009
Keywords: Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, hirondelleid, new species, deep-sea

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Local EPrints ID: 71876
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71876
ISSN: 1175-5334
PURE UUID: 3650c1b3-03d5-4aa4-a427-b253b42dc20b

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Date deposited: 07 Jan 2010
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 16:37

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Author: Tammy Horton
Author: Michael Thurston

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