A new species of Sinocorophium from the Yangtze estuary (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophiidae: Corophiinae: Corophiini), China

  • Xianqiu Ren
  • , Wenliang Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Amphipods collected from the Yangtze estuary, Shanghai, China are described as a new species, Sinocorophium dongtanense. It is closely allied to Sinocorophium homoceratum Yu, 1938 but differs markedly in the inner lateral side of peduncular article 4 of male antenna 2 having two rows of teeth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-100
Number of pages6
JournalZootaxa
Volume3887
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Nov 2014

Keywords

  • Amphipoda
  • China
  • Corophiidae
  • New species
  • Sinocorophium dongtanense
  • Yangtze estuary

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