Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Hupało, K.; Mamos, T.; Wrzesińska, W.; Grabowski, M. (2018). First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete and its evolutionary history—an integrative taxonomy approach. <em>PeerJ.</em> 6: e4457., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/4457/ [details] Available for editors [request]
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Distribution The species is endemic to Crete. It is found in freshwaters throughout the island, usually in gravel, decomposing leaves and among submerged tree roots. [details]
Etymology This new species is named to honour the Cretan family Plaitis; particularly Wanda and Manolis Plaitis from Fodele village, who hosted us and provided invaluable help during our sampling expeditions to Crete. [details]
Holotype An adult male individual collected on 11 October 2015, body length of 10 mm, as well as the DNA voucher (extracted DNA in buffer) deposited in Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences. Catalogue number: (MIZ 1/2018/1)); GenBank accession number: (MG784515). Paratypes deposited in Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences (catalogue numbers: MIZ 1/2018/2, MIZ 1/2018/3, MIZ 1/2018/4, MIZ 1/2018/5, MIZ 1/2018/6) and Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (catalogue number: ZMB 30868): five specimens each fixed in 96% ethanol, collected from the type locality on 11 October 2015. [details]
Type locality Crete Island, Pantomantris River in Fodele, Greece. N35.37828, E24.95833 [details]
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