Description of the first species of Metharpinia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae) from Brazil

A new amphipod species of Metharpinia Schellenberg, 1931 is described from Campos Basin, southeastern Brazilian coast. The material was collected with van Veen grab from unconsolidated substratum, off the mouth of the Paraíba do Sul River. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by p...

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Main Authors: Luiz F. Andrade, Rodrigo Johnsson, André R. Senna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-02-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702015000100033&lng=en&tlng=en