New amphipod (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) from deep waters of Caribbean Sea
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Jan 24, 2026
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A new species of deep-sea amphipod of the genus Pseudonesimus Chevreux, 1926 is described. The material studied was collected in the Caribbean Sea by the R/V Pillsbury in 1969. This is the first record up today from the Caribbean Sea of one species of the genus Pseudonesimus.
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Crustacea, Peracarida, Tryphosidae, Pseudonesimus, Western North Atlantic Ocean
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.260.1
Chevreux, E. (1926). Diagnoses d’amphipodes nouveaux provenant des campagnes de la “Princesse-Alice”, dans l’Atlantique et dans l’Océan Arctique. Lysianassidae. Bulletin de l’Institut Océanographique, Monaco, 475, 1–12.
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.5.1.
LeCroy, S. E., Gasca, R., Winfield, I., Ortiz, M., & Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). 54. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. and D. K. Camp (Eds.), Gulf of Mexico—Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. pp. 941–972.
Ledoyer, M. (1986). Crustacés Amphipodes Gammariens. Familles des Haustoriidae à Vitjazianidae. Faune de Madagascar, 59, 599–1112.
Lowry, J., & Myers, A. (2017). A Phylogeny and Classification of the Amphipoda with the establishment of the new order Ingolfiellida (Crustacea: Peracarida). Zootaxa, 4265(1), 1–89. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4265.1.1
Lowry, J. K., & Stoddart, H. E. (1997). Amphipoda Crustacea IV. Families Aristiidae, Cyphocarididae, Endevouridae, Lysianassidae, Scopelocheiridae, Uristidae. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, 10, 1–148.
White, K. N. (2024). Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part III: parvorder Lysianassidira. Zookeys, 1216, 149–171. https//doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1216.135258.
Barnard, J. L. (1967). Bathyal and abyssal gammaridean Amphipoda of Cedros Trench, Baja California. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 260, 1–205.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.260.1
Chevreux, E. (1926). Diagnoses d’amphipodes nouveaux provenant des campagnes de la “Princesse-Alice”, dans l’Atlantique et dans l’Océan Arctique. Lysianassidae. Bulletin de l’Institut Océanographique, Monaco, 475, 1–12.
Kilgallen, N., & Lowry, J. (2014). The Tryphosa group (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae). Zootaxa, 3768(5), 501–545.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.5.1.
LeCroy, S. E., Gasca, R., Winfield, I., Ortiz, M., & Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). 54. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. and D. K. Camp (Eds.), Gulf of Mexico—Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. pp. 941–972.
Ledoyer, M. (1986). Crustacés Amphipodes Gammariens. Familles des Haustoriidae à Vitjazianidae. Faune de Madagascar, 59, 599–1112.
Lowry, J., & Myers, A. (2017). A Phylogeny and Classification of the Amphipoda with the establishment of the new order Ingolfiellida (Crustacea: Peracarida). Zootaxa, 4265(1), 1–89. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4265.1.1
Lowry, J. K., & Stoddart, H. E. (1997). Amphipoda Crustacea IV. Families Aristiidae, Cyphocarididae, Endevouridae, Lysianassidae, Scopelocheiridae, Uristidae. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, 10, 1–148.
White, K. N. (2024). Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part III: parvorder Lysianassidira. Zookeys, 1216, 149–171. https//doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1216.135258.
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Varela, C., & Ortiz, M. (2026). New amphipod (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) from deep waters of Caribbean Sea. Novitates Caribaea, (27), 45–53. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi27.388
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