Three new species of the genus Gammarus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from Yunnan, China.
Three new species of the genus Gammarus are described from Lijiang, Yunnan Province, South China. Gammarus elevatus sp. nov. is characterized by mid-dorsal keel on pleonites 1-3 and compressed elevation on urosomites 1-2; G. denticulatus sp. nov. by many small spinules and setae on pleonites 1-3; G. stagnarius sp. nov. by lack of calceoli on antenna 2 and shorter inner ramus of uropod 3. These amphipods are compared with other known Gammarus species from China.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian, Beijing, China.
Zhong-e
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Hou
Shuqiang
S
Li
Hiroshi
H
Morino
D033304:Amphipoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity