Corophiine amphipods of the genera Chelicorophium and Paracorophium from the lower Gulf of Thailand (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae, Corophiinae)

Koraon Wongkamhaeng; Jaruwat Nabhitabhata; Prawit Towatana

doi:10.3897/zookeys.505.9751

Corophiine amphipods of the genera Chelicorophium and Paracorophium from the lower Gulf of Thailand (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae, Corophiinae)

Zookeys. 2015 May 21:(505):35-50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.505.9751. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Koraon Wongkamhaeng¹, Jaruwat Nabhitabhata², Prawit Towatana¹

Affiliations

¹ Marine and Coastal Resources Institute (MACORIN), Prince of Songkla University, 90112 Thailand.
² Excellence Center for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, 90112 Thailand.

Abstract

Two species of corophiine amphipods from Songkhla Lake, in the lower Gulf of Thailand, are described and illustrated. Chelicorophiummadrasensis (Nayar, 1950), found in the mangrove forest, has not previously been observed in Thai waters. Paracorophiumangsupanichae sp. n. is characterized by its chelate male gnathopod 2, obtuse palm with subrectangular distomedial elevation, and urosomites 1-3 free. This is the first record of the genus Chelicorophium and Paracorophium in Thai waters. All specimens are deposited in the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand and the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.

Keywords: Amphipoda; Crustacea; Thai waters; new species; taxonomy.