A new species of Microdeutopus, M. periergos sp. nov. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Aoridae) from Cyprus (East Mediterranean Sea)

Alan Myers; Wanda Plaiti; Maria Rousou

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.11

A new species of Microdeutopus, M. periergos sp. nov. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Aoridae) from Cyprus (East Mediterranean Sea)

Zootaxa. 2018 Feb 7;4378(1):144-150. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.11.

Authors

Alan Myers¹, Wanda Plaiti, Maria Rousou

Affiliation

¹ School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland.. user@example.com.

PMID: 29690024
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.11

Abstract

A new species of Microdeutopus, M. periergos sp. nov. is described from Cyprus. This brings the total number of species of Microdeutopus known from the Mediterranean Sea to twelve. It is described and figured here and a key to the genus is provided.

Keywords: Crustacea, Amphipoda, taxonomy, new species, Microdeutopus, Cyprus.

MeSH terms

Amphipoda*
Animal Distribution
Animals
Cyprus
Mediterranean Sea