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Two new Mediterranean Stenothoe (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the coast of Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Traudl Krapp-Schickel  and
Sabrina Lo Brutto
Traudl Krapp-Schickel*
Affiliation:
Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Sabrina Lo Brutto
Affiliation:
Department of Sciences and Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Section of Animal Biology, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo, Italy
*
For the Correspondence Address: T. Krapp-Schickel, Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Within collections along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, two new species of Stenothoe (Amphipoda) were found. They were found to be living on sand or mud and probably licking the surface of grains.

Keywords

AmphipodsStenothoidaeStenothoe bella sp. nov.Stenothoe levantina sp. nov. IsraelMediterranean
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e84
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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