Paranamixis kanu Thomas, 1997

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244076

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scientific name

Paranamixis kanu Thomas, 1997
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Paranamixis kanu Thomas, 1997 View in CoL

Paranamixis kanu Thomas, 1997: 87–89 View in CoL , fig. 25.

Type locality and specimens. Mizegwadan (Tripod) Reef, Tab Anchorage, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Holotype, anamorph male, 3.77 mm, USNM 243345 About USNM ; paratypes, anamorph male, 3.70 mm, USNM 243346 About USNM , unmeasured anamorph males, USNM 243347 About USNM , USNM 243348 About USNM , USNM 243349 About USNM .

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Thomas (1997).

Diagnosis. Distal head margin excavate. Maxilliped inner plates cleft. Coxae 2–4 with submarginal setae. Gnathopod 2 propodus hindmargin with serrate subdistal process and two small projections; dactylus inner margin tuberculate. Thomas [1997] reported some specimens with a vestigial gnathopod 1, suggesting that this character is developmental. This species should likely be placed in the genus Anamixis .

Leucomorph (juvenile/sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Among coral rubble; 3–4 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Papua New Guinea, northern Queensland, Australia ( Thomas 1997).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Leucothoidae

Genus

Paranamixis

Loc

Paranamixis kanu Thomas, 1997

White, Kristine N. 2011
2011
Loc

Paranamixis kanu

Thomas, J. D. 1997: 89
1997
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