A new freshwater amphipod species, Gammarus katagani sp nov., from Turkey (Amphipoda: Gammaridae)

ÖZBEK M.

ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, vol.55, pp.47-54, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09397140.2012.10648917
  • Journal Name: ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.47-54
  • Keywords: Gammarus, new species, freshwater, Kutahya, Turkey, Middle East, ADJACENT REGIONS, ASIA CRUSTACEA, NORTH-AFRICA, EUROPE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A new species of freshwater Amphipod, Gammarus katagani sp. n., collected from Domanic in Kutahya province, Turkey, is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to the Gammarus balcanicus-group. The presence of an additional row of setae on the last two metasome segments in both sexes is the most diagnostic character for the species. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of the new species are given and differences from related species are discussed.