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A new species of Caprella (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from the Cape Verde Islands (Atlantic), with note on Mediterranean Caprella liparotensis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2005

T. Krapp-Schickel
Affiliation:
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut Museum A. Koenig, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
I. Takeuchi
Affiliation:
Department of Life Environment Conservation, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Tarumi, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan

Abstract

Caprella wirtzi sp. nov. from the Cape Verde Islands is described. It is close to C. liparotensis a species recorded from Portugal and along the Mediterranean coasts to the Black Sea, but distinguished from C. liparotensis by the morphology of antenna 2, gnathopod 2 and peraeonites 3, 6 and 7. Variation from C. liparotensis is also discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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