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Stephonyx uncinatus Senna & Serejo 2007
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Description
Stephonyx uncinatus Senna & Serejo, 2007
Stephonyx uncinatus Senna & Serejo, 2007: 8, figs 1–3.— Narahara et al., 2012: 1506 (key).
Types. Holotype, male, 36 mm, MNRJ 19498. Paratypes: 13 specimens (four males, five females, four juveniles), MNRJ 18292; four specimens (one male, two females, one juvenile), MNRJ 18293.
Type locality. Off the coast of Bahia State, Brazil (14°27’654”S 38°51’130”W), 730–739 m depth.
Habitat. Marine.
Depth range. 687–739 m (Senna & Serejo 2007).
Feeding strategies. Scavenger, taken in baited traps (Senna & Serejo 2007).
Distribution. Brazil. Off the coast of Bahia State (Senna & Serejo 2007).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MNRJ
- Family
- Uristidae
- Genus
- Stephonyx
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- MNRJ 18292 , MNRJ 18293 , MNRJ 19498
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Senna & Serejo
- Species
- uncinatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stephonyx uncinatus Senna, 2007 sec. Lowry & Kilgallen, 2014
References
- Senna, A. R. & Serejo, C. (2007) A new deep-sea species of Stephonyx (Lysianassoidea: Uristidae) from off the central coast of Brazil. Nauplius, 15 (1), 7 - 14.
- Narahara, Y., Tomikawa, K. & Torigoe, K. (2012) Four species of the genus Stephonyx (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Uristidae) from Japan, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History, 46, 1477 - 1507. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2012.675598