Stenothoe levantina Krapp-Schickel & Brutto 2022, sp. nov.
- 1. Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany. traudl. krapp @ netcologne. de
- 2. Department of Sciences and Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies (STeBiCeF), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Description
Stenothoe levantina sp. nov.
Stenothoe levantina Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015: 1–5, figs. 4–5.
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Type material. HOLOTYPE: one specimen 1.1 mm mounted on slide in Faure's medium, sampling site 32°54'00.9"N 35°04'02.5"E, 25 February 2011, 12.4 m depth, deposited in the Museum of Zoology " P. Doderlein " University of Palermo, Palermo, 90123, Italy, coded as MZPA-AMPH-N_0007.
Type locality. Near Ashdod, Israel, Mediterranean.
Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1 carpus and merus short. Gnathopod 2 without sculpture, dactylus about as long as entire propodus. Peraeopods 6 and 7 basis rounded, posterodistal corner lengthened; merus strongly widened and acutely lengthened. Uropod 2 rami unequal. Uropod 3 peduncle subequal ramus. Telson spinose.
Etymology. The new species has been collected in the far East of the Mediterranean, the epitheton should allude to ‘Levante’, allegoric for sunrise or East in general.
Remarks. A full description and figures of S. levantina and list of additional non-type material examined is given by Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto (2015).
Ecological notes. Found among sand or mud (Lo Brutto et al. 2019).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2011-02-25
- Family
- Stenothoidae
- Genus
- Stenothoe
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Krapp-Schickel & Brutto
- Species
- levantina
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2011-02-25
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stenothoe levantina Krapp-Schickel & Brutto, 2022
References
- Krapp-Schickel, T. & Lo Brutto, S. (2015) Two new Mediterranean Stenothoe (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the coast of Israel. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, e 84. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267215000639
- Lo Brutto, S., Iaciofano, D. & Galil. B. S. (2019) Amphipod assemblage under the influence of desalination plants in the southeastern Mediterranean. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 26 (1), 279 - 280.