Gammarus baysali
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Gammaridae
Genus: Gammarus
Species:
G. baysali
Binomial name
Gammarus baysali
Özbek, Yurga & Kulköyluoglu, 2013

Gammarus baysali is a cave-dwelling species of freshwater amphipod crustacean, found in Turkey.[1] The species belongs to the broader Gammarus pulex group and was scientifically described in 2013 from Cumayanı Cave, Zonguldak Province.

The most discriminant characters of this species are the minute eyes, densely setose fifth peduncle and flagellar segments of antenna 2, elongated pereiopods, and setose anterior margins of pereiopods 5 to 7. Additionally, the palp of right maxilla 1 has 4 setae along its outer margin.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Murat Özbek, Levent Yurga & Okan Külköylüoğlu (2013). "Gammarus baysali sp. nov., a new freshwater amphipod species from Turkey (Amphipoda: Gammaridae)". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 37: 163–171. doi:10.3906/zoo-1209-14.


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