LINCA-PINTA, A NEW PHOXOCEPHALID GENUS AND SPECIES (CRUSTACEA, AMPHIPODA) FROM THE ARGENTINE CONTINENTAL-SHELF

Linca pinita, a new genus and species belonging to the family Phoxocep halidae, is described from the benthos of the Argentine continental sh elf, southwest Atlantic, based on a unique specimen, a female, collect ed during benthos dredging carried out by the R/V Shinkai Maru. It is closely related to species in the Birubiinae and Brolginae groups with which it shares many characters. Although the new taxon is convergent with the Brolginae, it is best placed in the Birubiinae.