Scolopostoma keurboomstrandensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lysianassoidea

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: Amphilochidea Infraorder: Lysianassida Parvordo: Lysianassidira Superfamilia: Lysianassoidea

Familia: Lysianassidae
Subfamilia: Conicostomatinae
Genus: Scolopostoma
Species: Scolopostoma keurboomstrandensis

Name

• Scolopostoma keurboomstrandensis Lowry & Stoddart, 2012: 57

Holotype: SAM.

Type locality: Off Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, southern Cape Province coast, South Africa, 33°58’S 25°41’E, 4–11 m, rock, 24 November 1960, stn SCD 179N; [Paratype: SAM, off Keurboomstrand, Plettenberg Bay, southern Cape Province coast, South Africa, 34°02’S 23°28’E, 49 m, rock, 29 November 1960, stn SCD 244T].

Etymology: The species is named for one of the localities from which it was collected.

Mentions

• Stomacontion prionoplax —Griffiths, 1974: 313, fig. 15. —Griffiths, 1975: 152. —Griffiths, 1976: 59 (key), fig. 34A, 101 (list).

References

• Lowry, J.K.; Stoddart, H.E. 2012: Australian and South African conicostomatine amphipods (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Conicostomatinae subfam. nov.) Zootaxa, 3248: 43–65. Preview PDF