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Alexandrella Chevreux 1911

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Genus Alexandrella Chevreux, 1911

Alexandrella Chevreux, 1911: 1167.— Chevreux, 1912: 213.— Holman & Watling, 1983: 32.— Berge & Vader, 2005: 1328 (key).

Parandaniexis Nicholls, 1938: 42 [homonym of Parandaniexis Schellenberg, 1929].

Pseudandaniexis Nicholls, 1938, corrigendum [replacement name for Parandaniexis Nicholls, 1938 non Schellenberg, 1929].

Type species. Alexandrella dentata Chevreux, 1912.

Species. Alexandrella australis (Chilton, 1912); A. dentata Chevreux, 1912 (= A. mixta (Nicholls, 1938)); A. inermis Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1986; A. mandibulata Berge & Vader, 2005; A. martae Berge & Vader, 2005; Alexandrella setosa sp. nov.; A. subchelata Holman & Watling, 1983.

Remarks. Berge and Vader (2005) pointed out how similar Alexandrella is to Bathypanoplea and that the only character that may distinguish these two genera, the presence of a rudimentary mandibular molar in Bathypanoplea is in fact present in Alexandrella dentata, thereby removing this character as distinctive for both genera. A broader revision of the family by these authors was suggested but still not concluded, so both genera are still valid.

All Alexandrella species occur in Antarctic and Subantarctic waters, two of them with extended distributions. Alexandrella dentata was also found in the Kermadec Trench and A. subchelata was found in Australia (Great Australian Bight) and New Zealand (De Broyer et al. 2007). This is the first record of Alexandrella in the deep sea Atlantic, outside the Southern Ocean limits.

Notes

Published as part of Serejo, C. S., 2014, A new species of Stilipedidae (Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from the South Mid- Atlantic Ridge, pp. 133-140 in Zootaxa 3852 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/229401

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Biodiversity

Family
Stilipedidae
Genus
Alexandrella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chevreux
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Alexandrella Chevreux, 1911 sec. Serejo, 2014

References

  • Chevreux, E. (1911) Sur les amphipodes des Expeditions Antarctiques Francaises. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, 153, 1166 - 1168.
  • Chevreux, E. (1912) Deuxieme Expedition dans l'Antarctique, dirige´e par le Dr. Charcot, 1908 - 1910. Diagnoses d'amphipodes nouxeaux. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 18, 208 - 218.
  • Holman, H. & Watling, L. (1983) A revision of the Stilipedidae (Amphipoda). Crustaceana, 44, 27 - 53. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1163 / 156854083 x 00037
  • Berge, J. & Vader, W. (2005) The amphipod genus Alexandrella (Amphipoda, Stilipedidae): taxonomic status, allometric growth and description of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 39 (17), 1327 - 1346. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930400015566
  • Nicholls, G. E. (1938) Amphipoda Gammaridea. Scientific Reports Antarctic Expedition, Series C, 2, 1 - 145.
  • Schellenberg, A. (1929) Die abyssale und pelagische Gammariden. Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific " Albatros " 1904 - 1905. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 69 (9), 191 - 201.
  • Chilton, C. (1912) Amphipoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 48, 454 - 519.
  • Bellan-Santini, D. & Ledoyer, M. (1986) Gammariens (Crustacea, Amphipoda) des iles Marion et Prince Edward. Campagne MD 0 8 du MS Marion Dufresne en 1976. Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 13, 349 - 435.
  • Brandt, A., De Broyer, C., De Mesel, I., Ellingsen, K. E., Gooday, A. J., Hilbig, B., Linse, Thomson, M. R. A. & Tyler, P. A. (2007) The biodiversity of the deep Southern Ocean benthos. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 362, 39 - 66. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1098 / rstb. 2006.1952