Amphorites pungapunga

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: Amphorites
Species: Amphorites pungapunga

Name

• Amphorites pungapunga (Lowry & Stoddart, 1983: 303, figs. 15-17)

Holotype: NMNZ CR 3139, ♀.

Type locality: Cliffs west of Davis Point, Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island, S2°34'S 169°13'E, mat sponge with yellow tubes and overlying sediment from boulders, 23 m, J. K. Lowry, 7 February 1980, CA-276.

Etymology: The specific name "pungapunga" is the Maori word meaning "yellow" and refers to the colour of the live animal.

Mentions

• Stomacontion pungapunga Lowry & Stoddart, 1983: 303, figs. 15-17
• Amphorites pungapunga Lowry & Stoddart, 2012

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.

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• Lowry, J.K.; Stoddart, H.E. 2012: Australian and South African conicostomatine amphipods (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Conicostomatinae subfam. nov.) Zootaxa, 3248: 43–65. Preview PDF