Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1216.135258 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:67B6C273-62C5-4F89-AE63-316B73D65D55 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13988736 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5477E6BE-8893-5CF9-B18C-DA17F10A7295 |
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Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 |
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Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997
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Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997: 109–113, figs 52–53; LeCroy 2007: 586, fig. 502. View in CoL
Material examined.
Panama • 1.5 mm • 1 ♀; Bocas del Toro, Cayo Zapatilla 1; 9.2700°N, 82.0587°W; depth 10–11 m, among coral rubble; 28 June 2023; K. N. White leg.; USNM 1739787 About USNM GoogleMaps .
Diagnosis.
Head ocular lobe subtriangular. Gnathopod 1 carpus shorter than propodus. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner acute. Urosomite 1 with dorsodistally acute carina. Uropod 3 inner ramus bare; outer ramus 2 - articulate.
Distribution.
USA: from Sanibel Island, Florida to Louisiana ( Lowry and Stoddart 1997; LeCroy 2007); Panama: Bocas del Toro (present study).
Ecology and remarks.
These amphipods are associated with sand and coral rubble at depths of 10– 73 m. Panamanian specimens closely resemble previously described specimens. Panamanian specimens are white in color when alive.
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Orchomenella thomasi Lowry & Stoddart, 1997
White, Kristine N. 2024 |
Orchomenella thomasi
LeCroy SE 2007: 586 |
Lowry JK & Stoddart HE 1997: 113 |