Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea)

By

Hughes, Lauren Elizabeth
Lörz, Anne-Nina

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-6-12

Original Publication

Evolutionary systematics

Volume

3

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

41--52

Subjects

Bircenna , Durvillaea potatorum , identification key , macroalgae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Hamburg Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.35340

 

Abstract

An overview of boring Australian Eophliantidae is provided along with the description of two new species of the genus Bircenna Chilton, 1884, B.thielisp. nov. and B.hinojosaisp. nov. Interestingly, these species co-occur in samples of the bull kelp Durvillaeapotatorum (Labillardière) Areschoug, 1854 collected in Tasmania, Australia and present a number of novel urosomite and telson structures not previously recorded. An updated key to the 16 world species is given.