Revision, phylogeny and biogeography of the groundwater amphipods Salentinellidae. I. Description of Salentinella anae nov. sp. from Spain with remarks on the genera Salentinella and Parasalentinella.
A new species of the groundwater amphipod Salentinella (Crustacea, Salentinellidae), S. anae, is described from Spain. This species is characterised by spines on the antennula peduncle, the absence of retinaculae on the pleopods, and the morphology of the coxal plate 1. Different morphological characters are evaluated before a phylogenetic study of the family. Salentinella prognatha is assigned as a synonym of S. petiti. The description of the genus Parasalentinella, as well as the diagnosis of the Salentinellidae are completed.
Messouli
Mohammed
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Université de Marrakech, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, U.F.R. Sciences de l'Eau, Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie, Maroc.
Coineau
Nicole
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Boutin
Claude
C
D033304:Amphipoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013030:Spain; D013045:Species Specificity