Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species

Abstract. Two species of melitid amphipod were collected from the Gulf of Thailand. Dulichiella pattaniensis is new to science, and Melitalati latiflagella Ren & Andres, 2012 has not been previously reported from Thai Waters. Dulichiella pattaniensis is characterized by male gnathopod 2 distolat...

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Autores principales: Wongkamhaeng, Koraon, Pattaratumrong, Manasawan Saengsakda, Puttapreecha, Ratchanee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24899833
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.408.7292
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Pattaratumrong, Manasawan Saengsakda
Puttapreecha, Ratchanee
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description Abstract. Two species of melitid amphipod were collected from the Gulf of Thailand. Dulichiella pattaniensis is new to science, and Melitalati latiflagella Ren & Andres, 2012 has not been previously reported from Thai Waters. Dulichiella pattaniensis is characterized by male gnathopod 2 distolateral crown with 4 spines; pleonite/urosomite formula 7-7-7-5-6-2; pereopod 5-7 dactylus with 2 accessory spines. This combination of characters has not been recorded previously in the Dulichiella. The characters of the specimens are described and illustrated. All specimens are deposited in the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.
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spelling pubmed-40428222014-06-04 Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species Wongkamhaeng, Koraon Pattaratumrong, Manasawan Saengsakda Puttapreecha, Ratchanee Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Two species of melitid amphipod were collected from the Gulf of Thailand. Dulichiella pattaniensis is new to science, and Melitalati latiflagella Ren & Andres, 2012 has not been previously reported from Thai Waters. Dulichiella pattaniensis is characterized by male gnathopod 2 distolateral crown with 4 spines; pleonite/urosomite formula 7-7-7-5-6-2; pereopod 5-7 dactylus with 2 accessory spines. This combination of characters has not been recorded previously in the Dulichiella. The characters of the specimens are described and illustrated. All specimens are deposited in the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand. Pensoft Publishers 2014-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4042822/ /pubmed/24899833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.408.7292 Text en Koraon Wongkamhaeng, Manasawan Saengsakda Pattaratumrong, Ratchanee Puttapreecha http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Pattaratumrong, Manasawan Saengsakda
Puttapreecha, Ratchanee
Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species
title Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species
title_full Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species
title_fullStr Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species
title_full_unstemmed Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species
title_short Melitid amphipods from the Gulf of Thailand, with a description of Dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species
title_sort melitid amphipods from the gulf of thailand, with a description of dulichiella pattaniensis, a new species
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24899833
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.408.7292
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