Atyaephyra tuerkayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Atyoidea

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: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Caridea Superfamilia: Atyoidea

Familia: Atyidae
Subfamilia: Paratyinae
Genus: Atyaephyra
Species: Atyaephyra tuerkayi

Name

• Atyaephyra tuerkayi Christodoulou, Antoniou, Magoulas & Koukouras, 2012: figs. 13-14

Holotype: SMF 43020; adult ♀.

Type locality: Syria, Nahr Al-Kabir River (Fig. 1, stn 122), at bridge near the coastal road, 5.3.1979, coll. R.K. Kinzelbach.

Etymology: Atyaephyra tuerkayi sp. n. is named after Professor Michael Türkay, in appreciation of his contribution to the study of Decapoda.

Mentions

• Atyaephyra desmarestii orientalis Kinzelbach and Koster 1985: 127–134, partim.
• Atyaephyra n. sp. 2. Christodoulou et al. 2010: Fig. 2, partim.

References

• Christodoulou, M., Antoniou, A., Magoulas, A. & Koukouras, A.. 2012: Revision of the freshwater genus Atyaephyra (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) based on morphological and molecular data. ZooKeys, 229: 53–110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.229.3919 Reference page.