Stephonyx scutatus ( Griffiths, 1977 )

Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae), Zootaxa 3867 (1), pp. 1-92 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6319046
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scientific name	Stephonyx scutatus ( Griffiths, 1977 )
status

Treatment

Stephonyx scutatus ( Griffiths, 1977) View in CoL

Euonyx scutatus Griffiths, 1977: 98 View in CoL , fig. 3.— Barnard & Ingram, 1990: 3 (key).— Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 485.

Stephonyx scutatus View in CoL .— Lowry & Stoddart, 1989: 521.— Diffenthal & Horton, 2007: 40 (key).— Senna & Serejo, 2007: 13 (key).— Narahara et al., 2012: 1505 (key).

Types. Holotype female, 16 mm, SAM A13652.

Type locality. Cape Basin, South Atlantic Ocean (34°37'S 17°03'E) GoogleMaps .

Habitat. Marine.

Depth range. 2900 m ( Griffiths 1977).

Remarks. Stephonyx scutatus is different from other species of Stephonyx in the dorsal body carination and in the peculiar conical hump of coxa 5. The mandibular molar, described as ‘a large plate with raised margins’ is not like the setose tongues or triturating molars usually found in scavenging uristids and particularly in Stephonyx .

Distribution. South Atlantic Ocean. Cape Basin ( Griffiths 1977).

References

Abbreviations

SAM	South African Museum

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Amphipoda
Family	Uristidae
Genus	Stephonyx