Ampeliscidae from the Brazilian coast. Record of Ampelisca burkey Barnard & Thomas, 1989 and descriptions of two new species of Ampelisca (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
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2006
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Zootaxa
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4
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Valerio-Berardo M.T.
Wakabara Y.
Wakabara Y.
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This study comprises the description of two new species of Ampelisca Costa, 1857, from Brazilian coast. Ampelisca flabellicaudata sp. nov. is characterized by head with antero-ventral and anterodorsal margins parallel, pereopod 7 carpus and propodus stout, subequal in length, urosomite 1 produced and pointed dorsally and uropod 3 with outer ramus rounded apically. Ampelisca moreirai sp. nov. is characterized by head with antero-ventral margin oblique, pereopod 7 merus postero- distal lobe enlarged to propodus, urosomite 1 dorsally produced into a sharpened upturned carina and uropod 3 lanceolate. Another species, Ampelisca burkey Barnard & Thomas, 1989 is herein first recorded from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press.