Abstract
A new species of pseudocrangonyctid amphipod, Pseudocrangonyx asuwaensis, is described from subterranean water in a quarry on Mt. Asuwa “Nanatsuo-guchi”, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Pseudocrangonyx asuwaensis sp. nov. differs from its congeners in various morphological features, such as head without eyes, relative length of antennae 1, female antenna 2 without calceoli, length ratio of mandibular palp articles, setal numbers on maxillae 1 and 2 inner plates, absence of sternal gills, armature of urosomite 1, and shape of telson. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that P. asuwaensis sp. nov. is clustered with P. komaii Tomikawa & Nakano, 2018, Pseudocrangonyx sp. 7 and Pseudocrangonyx sp. 8, and was the first of these species to diverge.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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