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1984

Amphipods

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Amphipods Of The Family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridea). Iv. Infraspecific Variation In Ampelisca Agassizi, Gary D. Goeke, Richard W. Heard Jan 1984

Amphipods Of The Family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridea). Iv. Infraspecific Variation In Ampelisca Agassizi, Gary D. Goeke, Richard W. Heard

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Considerable variation noted, in Ampelisca agassizi is herein described. The variations in the shape of the basis of pereopod 7 and the carina of urosomite I are most obyious. No relationship was found with the atypical specimens and their age, associated sediment or location.


Amphipods Of The Family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridea). Iii. Ampelisca Parapacifica, A New Species Of Amphipod From The Western North Atlantic With The Designation Of A Substitute Name For A. Eschrichtii Pacifica Gurjanova, 1955, Gary D. Goeke, Richard W. Heard Jan 1984

Amphipods Of The Family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridea). Iii. Ampelisca Parapacifica, A New Species Of Amphipod From The Western North Atlantic With The Designation Of A Substitute Name For A. Eschrichtii Pacifica Gurjanova, 1955, Gary D. Goeke, Richard W. Heard

Gulf and Caribbean Research

A new species of benthic amphipod, Ampelisca parapacifica, is described from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and compared with the closely allied Ampelisca pacifica Holmes, 1908, from the eastern Pacific. The distinctive form of the third uropod separates this species pair from other members of the "macrocephala" subgroup of the genus Ampelisca Kroyer, 1842. Ampelisca parapacifica is distinguished from A. pacifica by antenna I peduncle segment 2 less t}an twice the length of article 1 and uropod I peduncle shorter than the rami. Previous Atlantic records of A. pacifica are assigned to the proposed new species. The Pacific populations …