Longiflagrum amphibium
Holotype (♀) of Longiflagrum amphibium. Top: lateral view. Bottom: dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Tanaidacea
Family: Parapseudidae
Genus: Longiflagrum
Species:
L. amphibium
Binomial name
Longiflagrum amphibium
Stępień & Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, 2009[1]

Longiflagrum amphibium is an estuarine species of crustacean in the order Tanaidacea. It is known only from the type locality, which is the intertidal zone at Port Hedland, Northwestern Australia.[1]

Description

Longiflagrum amphibium can be distinguished from the other four species of the genus Longiflagrum by having the shortest flagellum in the antennule and by its oval pleopod basis.[1] The specific name amphibium is from the Latin for "amphibious". The name reflects the species' presence in the intertidal zone.[1]

Ecology

All five Longiflagrum species occur in shallow coastal habitats such as the intertidal zone, eelgrass beds and estuaries where the salinity fluctuates over the range 5–34 psu,[2][3] and they are a frequent and abundant element of the soft-bottom ecosystem.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Anna Stępień & Magdalena Blazewicz-Paszkowycz (2009). Neil Bruce (ed.). "Advances in the taxonomy and biogeography of Crustacea in the Southern Hemisphere: Longiflagrum amphibium, a new estuarine apseudomorph tanaid (Crustacea, Peracarida) from north-western Australia". ZooKeys (18): 161–170. doi:10.3897/zookeys.18.154.
  2. 1 2 Donald F. Boesch (1973). "Three new tanaids (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from southern Queensland". Pacific Science. 27 (2): 168–188. hdl:10125/792.
  3. ↑ Saowapa Angsupanich (2004). "A new species of Longiflagrum (Tanaidacea, Parapseudidae) from Songkhla Lagoon, Thailand". Crustaceana. 77 (7): 849–860. doi:10.1163/156854004774248726. JSTOR 20105764.
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