Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Marin, I. N.; Palatov, D. M. (2021). The hidden diversity of the genus Lyurella Derzhavin, 1939 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae): four new species from the subterranean habitats of the northwestern Caucasus, Russia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5006(1): 127-168., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5006.1.17 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMMU Mb-1204, geounit Caucasus [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The new species is named after springs and wells, which are characteristic habitats of all known species of the genus Lyurella («fontinalis» (Latin) – living in a spring or a well). [details]
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