North Pacific species of the amphipod (Crustacea) family Stegocephalidae, with description of one new species and redescription of another

Authors
Berge, J Vader, W
Citation
J. Berge et W. Vader, North Pacific species of the amphipod (Crustacea) family Stegocephalidae, with description of one new species and redescription of another, J NAT HIST, 35(7), 2001, pp. 985-1000
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
ISSN journal
00222933 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
985 - 1000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2933(200107)35:7<985:NPSOTA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The genera and species of the family Stegocephalidae Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the North Pacific, including the Bering Sea, are surveyed, a nd a key to the species is presented. One new species, Stegocephalus bering i n. sp., is described, and Stegocephalopsis ampulla (Phipps, 1774) is rede scribed; S. vegae Oldevig, 1959 is synonymized with S. ampulla. Comments ar e given on the morphology of three additional species.