A new family, genus and species of freshwater amphipod Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. Nov. sp. Nov. (Senticaudata, Corophiidea, Microprotopoidea, Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov.) from Australia

Alan A. Myers; James K. Lowry; Zac Billingham

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.8

A new family, genus and species of freshwater amphipod Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. Nov. sp. Nov. (Senticaudata, Corophiidea, Microprotopoidea, Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov.) from Australia

Alan A. Myers
, James K. Lowry
, Zac Billingham

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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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.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Pages (from-to)	412-418
Number of pages	7
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4161
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.8
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016

Keywords

Amphipoda
Australia
Fresh-water
New family
New genus
New species
Taxonomy

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