Mayaweckelia troglomorpha, a new subterranean amphipod species from Yucatan state, Mexico (Amphipoda, Hadziidae).

ABSTRACT: A detailed description of a new stygobiont species of the amphipod family Hadziidae, Mayaweckelia troglomorpha Angyal, sp. n. is given, based on material collected in four cenotes of Yucatán federal state, México. Morphology was studied under light microscopy and with scanning electron microscopy. Morphological description is complemented with mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences as barcodes, with affinities to the related taxa and with notes on the species' ecology. Using COI Bayesian inference and genetic distance analyses, we show that the closest relative of the new species is M. cenoticola, forming a monophyletic group referring to the genus Mayaweckelia. Based on the available sequences, we also revealed that Mayaweckelia and

SUBMITTER: Angyal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5904325 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature