Cheiriphotis trifurcata

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 trifurcata

Name

• Cheiriphotis trifurcata Wongkamhaeng, Azman & Puttapreecha, 2012

Holotype: PSUZC-CR-0264, ♂, 24 September 2008, Puttapreecha, R.

Type locality: THAILAND, Lower Gulf of Thailand, Talet Bay (09˚18'39.5"N, 99˚46'46.4"E), seagrass bed (associated with Thalassia hemprichii).

Etymology: The specific name trifurcata is from latin tri = three and furcated = forked, referring to the distinct three forked tips of the modified setae on the outer ramus in male pleopod 3.

References

• Wongkamhaeng, K.; B.A.R. Azman; R. Puttapreecha, 2012: Cheiriphotis trifurcata, new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae, Protomedeiinae) from the Seagrass Bed of the Lower Gulf of Thailand. ZooKeys, 187: 71–89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.187.3219.