Elasmopus yucalpeten

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hadzioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Gammaridea
Superfamilia: Hadzioidea

Familia: Maeridae
Genus: Elasmopus
Species: Elasmopus yucalpeten

Name

Elasmopus yucalpeten Paz-Ríos & Ardisson, 2014

ZooBank: A76BA32A-4BC1-424E-9359-9696A281342F
Holotype: CYMX-1-EY, male (dissected and drawn), 6.6 mm.
Type locality: Yucalpeten harbor, Yucatan, Mexico, 21°16.667’N, 89°42.001’W, 24 August 2010, on wood dock with algae, coll. C. E. Paz-Ríos
Paratypes:
CYMX-2-EY, one female (dissected and drawn), 6.2 mm, data as for holotype.
ECOSUR0164, four males, four females, data as for holotype
CYMX-3-EY, six males, Yucalpeten harbor, Yucatan, Mexico, 21°16.667’N, 89°42.001’W, 26 June 2012, on rock with algae, intertidal, coll. C. E. Paz-Ríos.
Etymology: named after the type locality "Yucalpeten harbor". Yucalpeten in the Mayan language means "land of the deer".

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