A new family, genus and species of freshwater amphipod Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. nov. sp. nov. (Senticaudata, Corophiidea, Microprotopoidea, Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov.) from Australia.
A new species of fresh-water amphipod is described from Australia. Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. nov. sp. nov. It is placed in a new family, the Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov. and is fully described and figured.
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland.; Email: bavayia@gmail.com.
Alan A
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Myers
Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.; Email: stephonyx@gmail.com.
James K
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Lowry
Water Sciences, Natural Resources and Heritage, GHD, 180 Lonsdale St, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. - PhD candidate, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia.; Email: zac.billingham@ghd.com.
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D033304:Amphipoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D063147:Animal Distribution / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D045483:Rivers; D013045:Species Specificity