Eucyclogobius kristinae
Taxonavigation: Gobioidei |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Gobionellinae
Genus: Eucyclogobius
Species: Eucyclogobius kristinae
Name
editEucyclogobius kristinae Swift et al., 2016
Type locality: California, San Diego County, coastal lagoon at mouth of Las Flores Canyon (Las Pulgas Canyon on some maps), about 15 km northwest of Oceanside, centered on 32°17’25.29”N; 117°27’51.40”W.
Etymology: The species name is feminine in honor of Kristina D. Y. Louie whose untimely death in 2004 cut short a promising career dedicated to conservation genetics. Her Ph.D. dissertation and associated work contributed greatly to the authors studies of eastern Pacific phylogeography, as well as to a novel re-interpretation of the placement of Wallace’s Line across the islands of Indonesia.
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editReferences
edit- Swift, C.C., Spies, B., Ellingson, R.A. & Jacobs, D.K. 2016. A New Species of the Bay Goby Genus Eucyclogobius, Endemic to Southern California: Evolution, Conservation, and Decline. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0158543. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158543 Reference page.