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A new species of Aciconula (Amphipoda: Corophiidea) from Brazilian waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2013

Elkênita Guedes-Silva*
Affiliation:
Museu de Oceanografia Petrônio Alves Coelho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740-550, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Jesser F. Souza-Filho
Affiliation:
Museu de Oceanografia Petrônio Alves Coelho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740-550, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Correspondence should be addressed to: E. Guedes-Silva, Museu de Oceanografia Petrônio Alves Coelho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Avenida Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, CEP 50740-550, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil email: [email protected].

Abstract

A new species, Aciconula tridentata sp. nov., is described from the Brazilian coast. The type material were collected from Praia de Suape, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brazil. This new species differs from all its congeners in having the propodus palm of male gnathopod 2 bearing a 3-dentate projection. Additionally, A. tridentata sp. nov. can be distinguished from A. australiensis and A. miranda in lacking a setose hump proximally in article 1 of the peduncle of antenna 1; the outer plate of maxilliped reaching the end of palp article 1, and the female pereopod 4 is 3-articulate. A key to species of the genus is provided.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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