New species of Caprella (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Gulf of Oman, Iran
Author:
MOMTAZI FARZANEH,SARI ALIREZA,DARVISH JAMSHID
Abstract
Caprella moradi sp. nov. is described from intertidal zone of the Gulf of Oman, Iran. This species is differentiated from the most similar species Caprella danilevskii (Czerniavski, 1868), by four rows of fine setae on the body surface and bears a curved anterior surface of propodus in the second male gnathopod.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics