​A new species of Leongathus from the Tasman Sea collected during the 2003 NORFANZ Expedition (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae)

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 63 (2) p. 207–213 (2006)

DOI

http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.16

Abstract

Leongathus Barnard & Drummond, 1978 is rediagnosed and a new species Leongathus alannah sp. nov. described from the Tasman Sea, collected by the 2003 NORFANZ Expedition. A discussion of the problematic placement of the new species is included in light of the new species exhibiting a combination of characters from Leongathinae and Harpiniinae.

Citation

Taylor, J., 2006. A new species of Leongathus from the Tasman Sea collected during the 2003 NORFANZ Expedition (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63: 207-213. http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.16

PUBLICATION DATE: 31 DECEMBER 2006