Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liljborgioidea 

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: Liljeborgioidea

Familia: Colomastigidae
Genus: Colomastix
Species: Colomastix lecroyae

Name

  • Colomastix lecroyae Myers, 2012: figs. 13-14
Holotype: OUMNH.ZC.2002-24-0093, ♂.
Type locality: Outside Pinchers, rubble slope, from Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899 (Porifera: Ancorinidae), 10 m depth; 07°20.407'N, 134°25.755'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 26 May 2002.
Etymology: Named for Sara LeCroy for her extensive and invaluable work on this genus of amphipods.

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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