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Guerra-García, J. M. (2020). A new caprellid genus and species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from Australia. Nauplius. 28.
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10.1590/2358-2936e2020029 [view]
Guerra-García, J. M.
2020
A new caprellid genus and species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from Australia
Nauplius
28
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A new genus and new species of caprellid, Parapseudaeginella n. gen., and
Parapseudaeginella australiensis n. sp., is described from shallow water of
Ningaloo Reef, south of Tantabiddy, reef front, Western Australia. The
new genus is very similar to Pseudaeginella Mayer, 1890, but can be easily
distinguished by the pereonites 6 and 7 being clearly fused (separated in
Pseudaeginella) and by the absence of a pair of proximal grasping spines
on the propodus of pereopods 5–7 (present in Pseudaeginella). The new
species is characterised by acute dorsal projections on head, pereonite 1
and 2, and acute lateral projections near the coxa of gnathopod 2 in males.
The new taxon has probably been overlooked in the past due to its tiny size.
Further efforts to sample and describe the smaller caprellids is needed to
fully understand the global diversity and relationships of caprellids.
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Parapseudaeginella Guerra-García, 2020 (original description)
Parapseudaeginella australiensis Guerra-García, 2020 (original description)
Parapseudaeginella australiensis Guerra-García, 2020 (original description)
