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Stephonyx uncinatus Senna & Serejo 2007

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).

Notes

Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 3867 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5585734

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Additional details

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