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Crangonyx africanus Messouli, 2006

489373  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489373)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Messouli, M. (2006). The first African Crangonyctidae, Crangonyx africanus nov. sp. (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the groundwaters of Western Morocco: systematics and biogeographical implications. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 4: 67-78.
page(s): 67, figs 1-27 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Type locality contained in Morocco  
type locality contained in Morocco [details]
Etymology Referring to the first occurrence of the genus Crangonyx in Africa  
Etymology Referring to the first occurrence of the genus Crangonyx in Africa [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. Crangonyx africanus Messouli, 2006. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489373 on 2024-04-23
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original description Messouli, M. (2006). The first African Crangonyctidae, Crangonyx africanus nov. sp. (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the groundwaters of Western Morocco: systematics and biogeographical implications. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 4: 67-78.
page(s): 67, figs 1-27 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Sidorov, D. A.;Pankov, N. N.;Holsinger, J. R.;. (2012). Distribution and ecology of the subterranean amphipod Crangonyx chlebnikovi Borutzky, 1928 (Crustacea: Crangonyctidae), with lectotype designation and comments on morphology of the lateral cephalic lobe. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 21(2): 149-160.
page(s): 149, 160; note: in list of species; short note on affinities [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source Messouli, M. (2006). The first African Crangonyctidae, Crangonyx africanus nov. sp. (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the groundwaters of Western Morocco: systematics and biogeographical implications. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 4: 67-78. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Etymology Referring to the first occurrence of the genus Crangonyx in Africa [details]

Habitat Hypogean: freshwater; wells [details]
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