Acontiostoma tuberculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lysianassoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Amphilochidea Infraorder: Lysianassida Parvordo: Lysianassidira Superfamilia: Lysianassoidea

Familia: Lysianassidae
Subfamilia: Conicostomatinae
Genus: Acontiostoma
Species: Acontiostoma tuberculata

Name

• Acontiostoma tuberculata Lowry & Stoddart, 1983: 291 figs. 5-7

Holotype: NMNZ CR 3136, ♀.

Type locality: Northwest corner of Ho Ho Bay, The Snares, 48°07'S 166°36'E, clumps ofcrustose coralline algae, 14 m, G. D. Fenwick, 19 December 1976, SA-3459.

Etymology: The specific name refers to the large calcareous tubercles on the body of the adult.

References

• Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E., 1983: The shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia: Lysianassoidea. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 13(4), 279–394.