A new species of Paramoera (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pontogeneiidae) from an estuary habitat in Hokkaido, Japan. Issue 19 (18th May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hagihara, Kumiko; Nakano, Takafumi; Tomikawa, Ko
• Is Part Of: Journal of natural history. Volume 54:Issue 19/20(2020)
• Page Start: 1279
• Page End: 1292
• Publication Date: 2020-05-18
• Subjects: Gammaridea -- Pacific Ocean -- estuary -- brackish water; Natural history -- Periodicals; 508
• DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1785031
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2933

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A new species of the pontogeneiid amphipod Paramoera shakotanensis from the mouth of Horonaifu River, Hokkaido, Japan, is described. Paramoera shakotanensis sp. nov. can clearly be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following features: large eyes, deep antennal sinus without sharp incision, epimeral plate 3 with smooth posterior margin, small number of setae on inner plate of the maxilla 1 (up to three) and on inner plate with oblique inner row (up to two), pereopod 7 with coxal gill, and distally tapering telson with almost straight lateral margins bearing submarginal setae. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72E1F36D-87E5-406A-B92D-6DE686150F99