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A New Species ofPsammogammarus(Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Kuchinoerabu Island, Japan, with a Note on Its Feeding Habits
| Title: | A New Species ofPsammogammarus(Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Kuchinoerabu Island, Japan, with a Note on Its Feeding Habits |
| Authors: | Tomikawa, Ko Browse this author | | Kakui, Keiichi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Yamasaki, Hiroshi Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Psammogammarus | | Melitidae | | Amphipoda | | new species | | feeding | | Japan | | taxonomy |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2010 |
| Publisher: | Zoological Society of Japan |
| Journal Title: | Zoological Science |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Start Page: | 615 |
| End Page: | 626 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.2108/zsj.27.615 |
| Abstract: | A new melitoid Amphipoda, Psammogammarus mawatarii, is described from Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. This is the first record of the genus from Asia. The new species is morphologically similar to P. garthi, but differs from the latter in the following features: 1) lateral cephalic lobe of head not strongly produced; 2) head lacking antennal sinus; and 3) posteroventral corner of epimeral plate 3 rounded. Morphology of maxillae 1 and 2, and mandible, and gut contents (harpacticoid Copepoda) of P. mawatarii indicate that the feeding type of the species seems to be, at least facultatively, carnivorous. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/79262 |
| Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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