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Sidorov, D. A.; Holsinger, J. R. (2007). Amurocrangonyx, a New Genus of Subterranean Amphipod (Crangonyctidae) from the Russian Far East, with a Redescription of the Poorly Known Crangonyx Arsenjevi and Comments on Biogeographic Relationships. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27(4): 660-669.
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Sidorov, D. A.; Holsinger, J. R.
2007
Amurocrangonyx, a New Genus of Subterranean Amphipod (Crangonyctidae) from the Russian Far East, with a Redescription of the Poorly Known Crangonyx Arsenjevi and Comments on Biogeographic Relationships
Journal of Crustacean Biology
27(4): 660-669
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Amurocrangonyx n. gen. is described on the basis of recently collected specimens of Crangonyx arsenjevi (Derzhavin, 1927), a very poorly known subterranean amphipod crustacean originally described from springs in the Khor River basin of the Ussury River drainage in the Russian Far East. The species is redescribed from specimens obtained from the type-locality, Orekhovy spring, and a neotype is designated. A careful examination of the newly acquired material, although closely similar morphologically to Crangonyx, suggests that it represents a new genus in Crangonyctidae. However, determination of the precise phylogeographic relationship of Amurocrangonyx to Crangonyx or to other crangonyctoid genera in East Asia is unclear and must await molecular analyses.
Asia
Freshwater
Stygobites, Stygobionts, Groundwater fauna
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2016-03-27 21:36:41Z
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Neotype ZIRAS 1/88417, identified as Amurocrangonyx arsenjevi (Derzhavin, 1927)
 Environment

Subterranean [details]

 Environment

Subterranean [details]

 Etymology

Combination of the names of the Amur River and the closely related genus Crangonyx [details]

 Type locality

Russia: Khabarovskij Krai, Amur River drainage, Khor River bassin, Orekhovy Spring [details]