| Issue |
Annls Limnol.
Volume 26, Number 1, 1990
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| Page(s) | 29 - 37 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/1990003 | |
| Published online | 15 August 2009 | |
Stygofauna of the Canary Islands, 23. A freshwater amphipod from La Gomera, Melita dulcicola n.sp.
Stygofaune des Iles Canaries, 23. Melita dulcicola n. sp. nouvel Amphipode d'eau douce de La Gomera
Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam,
P.O. Box 4766, 1009 AT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Description of a new species of Melita, M. dulcicola n.sp. (Amphipoda), discovered in a well fed by fresh ground water on the island of La Gomera in the Canary archipelago. This is the third limnic, oculate malacostracan crustacean becoming known from the Canary Islands, and it is the third species of Melita (with world-wide over 65 marine or brackishwater species) recorded from fresh waters.
Résumé
Une nouvelle espèce de Melita, M. dulcicola n.sp. (Amphipoda) découverte dans une eau souterraine de l'île de La Gomera (Archipel des Canaries) est décrite. C'est le troisième Crustacé Malacostracé oculé signalé des Canaries et la troisième espèce de Melita vivant en eau douce sur les quelques 65 espèces marines ou saumâtres connues dans le monde.
Key words: Taxonomy / Crustacea / Amphipoda / Melita / Canary Islands
Mots clés : Taxonomie / Crustacea / Amphipoda / Melita / Iles Canaries
© Masson, 1990
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