Gammarus anodon Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998

Zamanpoore, Mehrdad, Grabowski, Michal, Poeckl, Manfred & Schiemer, Friedrich, 2011, Taxonomic review of freshwater Gammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Iran, Zootaxa 3140, pp. 1-14 : 3

Gammarus anodon Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998

Gammarus anodon Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998: 184 –189, Figs. 6–9.

Locus typicus. Hasheelan wetland, Kermanshah Province, (34º28'N, 47º00'E).

Material examined. Paratypes from locus typicus, ( ZMA Crust. Amph. 201928).

Distribution. Endemic species, restricted to the type locality in Kermanshah province, north-west Zagros ( Fig. 1 ).

Ecological notes. No information available.

Taxonomic remarks. The special structure of urosomites 1 and 2, which are strongly elevated and compressed on mid-dorsal ( Stock et al., 1998, Fig. 6b), makes it very easy to distinguish this species among other Iranian Gammarids. In addition, setae on posterior margin of carpus and merus in pereopod 3 (ibid., Figs. 8a,c) are much shorter than in other species.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution map of freshwater Gammarus species in Iran (grey regions indicate high mountainous areas).