New and little known corophiidean amphipods from the 'Lucky Strike' hydrothermal vent, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Two species of corophiid amphipods are described from the `Lucky Strike' hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Acores. One species, Bonnierella compar sp. nov is new to science, the other, Autonoe longicornis has not been reported since the original description of a single female...

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Autor principal: Myers, Alan A. (author)
Outros Autores: Cunha, Marina R. (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/10305
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/10305
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Resumo:Two species of corophiid amphipods are described from the `Lucky Strike' hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Acores. One species, Bonnierella compar sp. nov is new to science, the other, Autonoe longicornis has not been reported since the original description of a single female in 1909. Full descriptions are provided of the new species, and of the previously unknown male of A. longicornis.