Demaorchestia pseudojoi, Lowry & Myers, 2022

Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A., 2022, Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 5100 (1), pp. 1-53 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F42DAC62-0E30-442E-A375-87FC02B2CC99
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6312319
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A487D2-9543-0856-E0F1-FD03EB52FAC3
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Demaorchestia pseudojoi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Demaorchestia pseudojoi View in CoL sp. nov.

( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 )

Platorchestia joi View in CoL .— Miyamoto & Morino, 2004: 70, figs 1–3, 15.

Types. According to Dr Morino (pers. comm.) the specimens were in the possession of Miyamoto and displaced after his death. Following ICZN recommendation 73 we refer to figures 1–3 of this species in Miyamoto & Morino, 2004 .

Type locality. Demao , Taiwan .

Ecological type. Beach-hoppers, riparian-hoppers.

Habitat. Living on sandy shores and riversides near the mouth of rivers.

Size. 9 mm. Sexual dimorphism present.

Diagnosis (male). Based on Miyamoto & Morino (2004).

Pereopod 6 coxa posterior with anteroventral corner quadrate or slightly produced. Pereopod 7 not incrassate: basis moderately expanded.

Distribution. Taiwan ( Miyamoto & Morino 2004).