Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ampeliscoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Ampeliscoidea

Familia: Ampeliscidae
Genus: Byblis
Species: Byblis levis

Name

  • Byblis levis Myers, 2012: figs. 3-4
Holotype: OUMNH.ZC.2002-24-0079, ♀.
Type locality: Inside Pinchers, bait trap sample, sandy callianasid flat, 3 m depth; 07°20.407'N, 134°25.755'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, night 27th–28th May 2002.
Etymology: Latin levis = lightly armed. In reference to the rather sparse setae of this species compared with other members of the genus.

References

  • Myers, Alan A., 2012: Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Ampeliscidae, Ampithoidae, Aoridae, Colomastigidae and Cyproideidae. ZooKeys 193: 1–25. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.193.3109 .
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