Plumithoe acuticoxa

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: Ampithoidae
Subfamilia: Ampithoinae
Genus: Plumithoe
Species: Plumithoe acuticoxa

Name

Plumithoe acuticoxa Myers, 2012

Type locality: Makaluva Island, Viti Levu, Fiji, 13 August, 1979, coral debris from reef crest, A. A. Myers.

Holotype: AM P35333, ♂.

Etymology: Named after the shape of the coxa of the male gnathopod 1.

ZooBank: E94FBDCE-697C-41FA-A01B-EF965C1C0899

Mentions

• Ampithoe hirsuta Myers, 1985, 22, figs. 13–14.
• not Ampithoe pollex var hirsutus Ledoyer, 1978, 220, fig. 8.

References

Primary references

• Myers, A.A. 2012: Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Ampeliscidae, Ampithoidae, Aoridae, Colomastigidae and Cyproideidae. ZooKeys 193: 1–25. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.193.3109 . Reference page. 

Links

• Plumithoe acuticoxa in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Plumithoe acuticoxa – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Plumithoe acuticoxa.
• ION
• Species-ID