Cheiriphotis petronioi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corophioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Corophiidea Infraordo: Corophiida Superfamilia: Corophioidea

Familia: Corophiidae
Subfamilia: Protomedeiinae
Genus: Cheiriphotis
Species: Cheiriphotis petronioi

Name

• Cheiriphotis petronioi Souza-Filho, Souza & Valério-Berardo, 2012

Holotype: MOUFPE 15056, ♀.

Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo State, Mini Biological Trawl Project (MBT E) – 23°51’S / 45°40’W, 06 May 1970, 22 m, on fine sand with silt, R.V. Prof. W. Besnard col.

Etymology: Named in honor to Dr. Petrônio Alves Coelho (4 November 1937 – 28 November 2011), who made a great contribution to crustacean studies on Brazilian coast.

References

• Souza-Filho, J.F.; Souza, A.M.T.; Valério-Berardo, M.T., 2012: A new species of Cheiriphotis (Amphipoda, Corophiidae) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Nauplius, 20: 107–116. PDF.