Gammarus caecigenus

Gammarus caecigenus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gammaroidea 

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: Gammaroidea

Familia: Gammaridae
Genus: Gammarus
Species: Gammarus caecigenus

Name

Gammarus caecigenus Hou & Li in Hou, Zhao & Li, 2018

ZooBank: C6A67FAB-DC7A-4E2D-8C30-5D7B14A65827
Type locality: Xingwen County (105.12°E, 28.19°N), altitude 840 m, Yibin City, Sichuan Province, China.
Holotype: IZCAS. male ♂. 25.IV.2014. legit Yucheng Lin, Huifeng Zhao, Yunchun Li, Jianglang Wu and Fengyuan Li. IZCAS-I-A1587-1.
Etymology: from the Latin word caecigenus, referring to the eyes absent.

References

Primary references

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