A new species of Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Oedicerotidae) from Cyprus

Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) 2026 Open access

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Authors: Sergio C. Garcia Gómez, ALAN A. MYERS, Eleni Avramidi, Kleopatra Grammatiki, Myrsini M. Lymperaki, Vasilis Resaikos, Magdalene Papatheodoulou, Vasilis Louca, Dimitrios Xevgenos, Frithjof Christian Küpper
DOI: 10.48580/dg9gg
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Abstract

A new species of the amphipod genus Pontocrates (Boeck 1871), family Oedicerotidae, is described from Cyprus in the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is a sister taxon to Pontocrates moorei (Myers & Ashelby 2022), currently recorded solely from the British Isles. It is the third species of Pontocrates now known to occur in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Marine Biology and Ecology Research Crustacean biology and ecology Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

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Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)
Publication date
16 February 2026
Language
EN