Two new sand-dwelling amphipods from Kaikoura, New Zealand (Oedicerotidae and Lysianassidae)

1 April 1983

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Vol. 10 (2) , 133-145
https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1983.10423902

Abstract

Two marine amphipods from shallow sand substrates are described and figured. One is the second recorded species in the endemic genus Patuki (Oedicerotidae), and is readily distinguished by its large size. The other, a small species of the cosmopolitan genus Hippomedon (Lysianassidae), has lensed eyes and several other unusual characteristics.

Keywords

AMPHIPODA
GAMMARIDEA
OEDICEROTIDAE
PATUKI ROPERI
LYSIANASSIDAE
HIPPOMEDON WHEW
NEW TAXA
KAIKOURA.

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A specimen ofHippomedon denticulatuswith crystalline eye-lenses with notes on the development of the eyes in otherHippomedonspecies (Amphipoda, Lysianassidae)
Sarsia, 1968
Crustacea
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1879