Siphonoecetinae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) 7: Australian Concholestids, Ambicholestes n. gen., with a Description of Six New Species, and a New, Restricted Diagnosis for Caribboecetes Just, 1983
Author
Just, Jean
Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 636, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
text
Records of the Australian Museum
1998
1998-05-13
50
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https://journals.australian.museum/just-1998-rec-aust-mus-501-2754/
journal article
10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1273
acf2b7a6-7f3c-443b-a3fe-307fda431e51
0067-1975
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Subgenus
Austrolestes
n.subgen.
Diagnosis.
Ambicholestes
with elongate, I-articulate, apically pointed mandibular palp; palp overreaching mandibular incisor by
113_1/2
palp length. Antenna 1 peduncle article 3 70-85% length of article 1. Male antenna 2 at least as long as combined length of cephalon, pereon and pleon.
Type
species.
Ambicholestes berentsae
n.sp.
Additional species.
Ambicholestes minutus
n.sp.
,
A. thetis
n.sp.
TODO
Etymology. The name of this subgenus is composed of an allusion to
Australia
and its concholestid affinity.