Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Souza-Filho, J.F.; Senna, A.R. (2012). First record of the genus Megamphopus Norman, 1869 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Photidae) from Brazilian waters, with description of a new deep sea species. Zoosyst. Evol. 88(1): 71–77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.201200008 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Souza-Filho, J.F.; Senna, A.R. (2012). First record of the genus Megamphopus Norman, 1869 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Photidae) from Brazilian waters, with description of a new deep sea species. Zoosyst. Evol. 88(1): 71–77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.201200008 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNRJ 21214, geounit Rio De Janeiro [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Collected from 1045 m to 1350 m depth. [details]
Etymology The species name is a composite Latin noun in apposition and refers to the robust ornamentation on male gnathopod 1–2 palm, that distinguish this species from the others in the genus. [details]
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