Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Seefeldt, M. A.; Weigand, A. M.; Havermans, C.; Moreira, E.; Held, C. (2017). Fishing for scavengers: an integrated study to amphipod (Crustacea: Lysianassoidea) diversity of Potter Cove (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0737-9 note: Published Online 16 June, 2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMB 30506, geounit King George Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The epitheton infinita (latin: boundless, unlimited, endless, infinite) refers to the seemingly endless discovery of new species and the never ending chaos within the group of ‘orchomenids’. It expresses the opposite to the morphologically most similar species, O. ultima, whose name could be misleadingly interpreted as the last species ever described in that genus. [details]
Type locality Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (62°14′S 58°41′W). [details]
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