Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Krapp-Schickel, T.; Müller, H.G.(2011). Known and unknown hadzioidean amphipods (Crustacea) from Polynesia with Elasmopus polynesus sp. nov. and Kairos segregans gen. nov., sp. nov. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4(e92): 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267211000820 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MCSN 462, 7217–7220 slides, geounit Society Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology From fringe of coral reef, dead corals, covered with algae and
sponges, 0.5–2 m depth. [details]
Etymology Polynices was one of the sons of Oedipus and brother of Antigone, he fought over the kingship of Thebes. The name should allude to the type locality of French Polynesia. [details]
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