Littoral caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda: caprellidea) from Philippines, with the description of a new species

Collections of littoral caprellids from Marinduque and Pamilacan Islands. Philippines, have been studied. The material contained three species: Metaproto novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1880), Protogeton in flatus Mayer, 1903 and Deutella philippinensis new species, which is described in the present paper...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Guerra García, José Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/26988
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/26988
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Caprellidea
Philippines
Taxonomy
Deutella philippinensis
New species
Descripción
Sumario:Collections of littoral caprellids from Marinduque and Pamilacan Islands. Philippines, have been studied. The material contained three species: Metaproto novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1880), Protogeton in flatus Mayer, 1903 and Deutella philippinensis new species, which is described in the present paper. Deutella philippinensis new species is close to D. margaritae Guerra-Garcia, 2002 and Deutella mayeri Stebbing, 1895, but constant differences in the mouthparts, gnathopods, pereopods 3 and 4 and male abdomen revealed that the specimens from Philippines belong to a new species. This is the first record of the genus Deutella for the Western Pacific