Elasmopus yucalpeten

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hadzioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Gammaridea Superfamilia: Hadzioidea

Familia: Maeridae
Genus: Elasmopus
Species: Elasmopus yucalpeten

Name

Elasmopus yucalpeten Paz-Ríos & Ardisson, 2014

ZooBank: A76BA32A-4BC1-424E-9359-9696A281342F

Holotype: CYMX-1-EY, male (dissected and drawn), 6.6 mm.

Type locality: Yucalpeten harbor, Yucatan, Mexico, 21°16.667’N, 89°42.001’W, 24 August 2010, on wood dock with algae, coll. C. E. Paz-Ríos

Paratypes:

CYMX-2-EY, one female (dissected and drawn), 6.2 mm, data as for holotype.

ECOSUR0164, four males, four females, data as for holotype

CYMX-3-EY, six males, Yucalpeten harbor, Yucatan, Mexico, 21°16.667’N, 89°42.001’W, 26 June 2012, on rock with algae, intertidal, coll. C. E. Paz-Ríos.

Etymology: named after the type locality "Yucalpeten harbor". Yucalpeten in the Mayan language means "land of the deer".

References

Paz-Ríos, C.E., Ardisson, P. 2014. Elasmopus yucalpeten sp. n. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae) from the northern Yucatan coast, with a key for the genus in the Gulf of Mexico and biogeographic comments. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 95-104. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.8059 . Reference page.

Links

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2020). World Amphipoda Database. Elasmopus yucalpeten Paz-Ríos & Ardisson, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819051 on 2020-06-08
BHL bibliography

Elasmopus yucalpeten – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Elasmopus yucalpeten.

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