WoRMS taxon details

Metacrangonyx samanensis Jaume & Christenson, 2001

545490  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545490)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Jaume D., Christenson, K. (2001). Amphi-Atlantic distribution of the subterranean amphipod family Metacrangonyctidae (Crustacea, Gammaridea). <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 70 (2): 99-125. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic  
type locality contained in Dominican Republic [details]
Etymology From the type locality, the Samana Peninsula (northern Dominican Republic).  
Etymology From the type locality, the Samana Peninsula (northern Dominican Republic). [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Metacrangonyx samanensis Jaume & Christenson, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545490 on 2024-03-19
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2010-11-16 10:52:15Z
created
2016-04-26 07:46:16Z
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2016-05-11 13:24:27Z
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original description Jaume D., Christenson, K. (2001). Amphi-Atlantic distribution of the subterranean amphipod family Metacrangonyctidae (Crustacea, Gammaridea). <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 70 (2): 99-125. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source Jaume D., Christenson, K. (2001). Amphi-Atlantic distribution of the subterranean amphipod family Metacrangonyctidae (Crustacea, Gammaridea). <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 70 (2): 99-125. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology From the type locality, the Samana Peninsula (northern Dominican Republic). [details]

Habitat Hypogean: brackish; cave lake [details]