WoRMS taxon details
original description
Souza-Filho, J.F.; Souza, A.M.T.; Valério-Berardo, M.T. (2010). Six new species of the genus Chevalia Walker, 1904 (Amphipoda, Corophiidea, Chevaliidae) from Brazilian waters, with a key to world species of the genus. Zootaxa, 2713: 25-51. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNRJ 7700, geounit Pernambuco [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology This species is dedicated to the Brazilian native tribe Caetés that occupied the coastal region of the Porto de Galinhas Beach, Pernambuco State, throughout the 16th Century during the European colonization of this land. The name “caetés”, from Tupi-Guarini, a Brazilian indigenous language, means “dense forest” or “virgin forest”. [details]
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