Discovery and taxonomic exploration of Metopa propoda sp. nov., a new species of Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda, Amphilochoidea) from a seamount of the Caroline Plate, Western Pacific

By

Wang, Yanrong
Zhongli, Sha

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-04-24

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

101

Pages

875--885

Subjects

COI , deep sea , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.139075

 

Abstract

A new stenothoid species, Metopa propoda sp. nov., is described from a seamount of the Western Pacific. The new species differs from all other congeneric species by the mature males having a large rectangular notch in the palmar corner of the gnathopod 2. One mitochondrial gene (COI) was used to analyze the validity of Metopa propoda sp. nov. An identification key of the Pacific Metopa species, including this new species, is provided.