A new species of the genus Podocerus from the Seto Inland Sea, Japan (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Podoceridae).

ABSTRACT: A new podocerid amphipod, Podocerussetouchiensis sp. nov., is described from the Etajima Island, the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. This new species differs from its congeners by the dorsal carination of pereonites and pleonites, and form of the antenna 1, gnathopods 1 and 2, uropods 1 and 2, and telson. Nucleotide sequence data of the mitochondrial cytochrome c subunit I (COI) from a paratype of Podocerussetouchiensis sp. nov. is provided for future molecular systematic studies.

SUBMITTER: Arai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836645 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature