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First record of the genus Medicorophium (Amphipoda: Corophiidea) from outside the Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2013

Alan A. Myers  and
Rodrigo Riera
Alan A. Myers*
Affiliation:
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland
Rodrigo Riera
Affiliation:
CIMA SL, Arzobispo Elías Yanes, 44, 38206 La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.A. Myers, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Medicorophium runcicorne is described from the Canary Islands. This is the first record of the genus from outside the Mediterranean and Black Seas. A key is provided to the species of Medicorophium.

Keywords

AmphipodaMedicorophiumCanary Islandsnew record
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e66
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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Present address: Department of Biodiversity, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), 5825 Doha, Qatar

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