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Five new species of tube building amphipods in the genus Cerapus are described from Australian waters: Cerapus brevirostris sp. nov., C. chiltoni sp. nov., C. dildilgang sp. nov., C. lowryi sp. nov. and C. moonamoona sp. nov. All five new species build tubes from sediment or sediment and detritus. These bring the number of species of Cerapus in Australian waters to ten.
Citation: Berents, Penelope B. 2023. New species of Cerapus from Australian waters (Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Ischyroceridae). In Festschrift in Honour of James K. Lowry, ed. P. B. Berents, S. T. Ahyong, A. A. Myers, and L. Fanini. Records of the Australian Museum 75(4): 381-403. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1879
Published: February 14, 2025 at 06:20
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License
URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=am_cerapus
Contacts:
Penelope Berents
Australian Museum
OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
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