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The genus Listriella (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in British and Irish waters, with the description of a new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2009

A. A. Myers
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College, Cork
D. McGrath
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College, Galway, and Regional Technical College, Galway

Abstract

A new species of Listriella is described and figured from maerl deposits in Kilkieran Bay, Co. Galway. The holotype of the only other British species is figured for comparison. The amphipod fauna of Kilkieran Bay (Co. Galway) maerl is compared with that of Eddystone shell gravels.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1983

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