New species of Victoriopisa Karaman & Barnard, 1979 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eriopisidae) from Vembanad backwaters, Southwest coast of India

Philomina Joseph; S. Bijoy Nandan; P. R. Jayachandran

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4433.1.3

New species of Victoriopisa Karaman & Barnard, 1979 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eriopisidae) from Vembanad backwaters, Southwest coast of India

Philomina Joseph^*
, S. Bijoy Nandan
, P. R. Jayachandran

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The new species is the third of genus Victoriopisa from Indian waters.The species is described from the Valanthakad mangrove area of Vembanad backwater. Victoriopisa cusatensis sp. nov differs from other species of Victoriopisa by presenting: (1) a characteristic projection at dorsolateral margin of peduncle article 2 of antenna 1in male while smooth in female; (2) broad, triangular lateral cephalic lobe; (3) posteroventral tooth in epimeral plates; (4) presence of lateral and subapical spines in telson (5) smooth palm of gnathopod 2 without any excavations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-70
Number of pages	12
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4433
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4433.1.3
State	Published - 11 Jun 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Amphipods
Kerala
Kochi
Mangrove
Wetlands

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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New species of Victoriopisa Karaman & Barnard, 1979 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eriopisidae) from Vembanad backwaters, Southwest coast of India

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