Abstract

A new urohaustoriid genus and species, Warragaia rintouli, is described from Jervis Bay, south-eastern Australia. Warragaia rintouli is the only urohaustoriid which never has spines or apical setae on the dactyl of peraeopod 5, has a vestigal inner ramus on uropods 1 and 2, and a posterodorsal hook on coxa 7.

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
Berents, 1985, Rec. Aust. Mus. 36(5): 253–258
Author
Penelope B. Berents
Year
1985
Title
Warragaia rintouli n.gen., n.sp. (Amphipoda: Urohaustoriidae) from New South Wales, Australia
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
36
Issue
5
Start Page
253
End Page
258
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.36.1985.347
Language
en
Date Published
11 June 1985
Cover Date
11 June 1985
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA; TAXONOMY
Digitized
10 November 2008
Available Online
19 December 2008
Reference Number
347
EndNote
347.enw
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