Laxohyperia Vinogradov and Volkov 1982
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Description
Genus Laxohyperia Vinogradov and Volkov, 1982
Remarks
This monotypic genus is very similar to Hyperoche but is readily distinguished by the smaller size and the unique structure of the gnathopods. Virtually nothing is known regarding its biology, but its similarity to Hyperoche suggests that it may eventually be found in association with ctenophores. It seems to be a rare species having been recorded only three times in the literature. Vinogradov et al. (1982) had three females from the northern part of the South China Sea, Shih and Chen (1995) described a male, also from the South China Sea and Lima and Valentin (2001) record a male and some females from the South Atlantic Ocean, off Brazil. I have also seen specimens from the Tasman Sea (SAMA), the Gulf of Guinea (USNM), the North Pacific Ocean, off Baja California (USNM), the tropical South Pacific Ocean (ZMUC), the Arabian Sea (USNM), the tropical South Indian Ocean, near the Seychelles (ZMUC) and the eastern Mediterranean Sea (ZMUC).
Species: Laxohyperia vespuliformis Vinogradov & Volkov, 1982.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hyperiidae
- Genus
- Laxohyperia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Vinogradov and Volkov
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Laxohyperia and, 1982 sec. Zeidler, 2004
References
- Vinogradov, M. E., Volkov, A. F. & Semenova, T. N. (1982) Amfipody-Giperiidy (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) Mrovogo Okeanea. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR No. 132. Leningrad, 492 pp. [In Russian]. (English translation, 1996, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington D. C., D. Siegel-Causey, Scientific Editor).
- Shih, C. - T. & Chen, Q. - C. (1995) Zooplankton of China Seas (2) - The Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda). China Ocean Press, Beijing, 295 pp.
- Lima, M. C. G. & Valentin, J. L. (2001) Preliminary results to the holistic knowledge of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea faunal composition off the Brazilian coast. Journal of Plankton Research 23 (5), 469 - 480.