Wongkamhaeng K, Azman B A R, Puttapreecha R
Marine and Coastal Resources Institute (MACORIN), Prince of Songkla University, 90112 THAILAND.
Zookeys. 2012(187):71-89. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.187.3219. Epub 2012 Apr 27.
A new species of corophiid Amphipoda, Cheiriphotis trifurcata, collected from the seagrass bed of the Lower Gulf of Thailand, is described. Cheiriphotis trifurcata is characterized by its trifurcated tip of the modified setae on the outer ramus in male pleopod 3. In this paper, the new species is fully described and compared with related species and a complete key of the 16 valid species in the genus Cheiriphotis is given.
本文描述了一种从泰国湾下部海草床采集到的新物种——叉肢切角水虱(Cheiriphotis trifurcata),属于角水虱科(Corophiidae)端足目(Amphipoda)。叉肢切角水虱的特征在于雄性第三腹足外肢上的变形刚毛尖端呈三叉状。本文对该新物种进行了全面描述,并与相关物种进行了比较,还给出了切角水虱属16个有效物种的完整检索表。