Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Ampithoe plumulosa tepahue
DIAGNOSIS.—Differing from the nominate subspecies in the terminal male by the development of a sinus and square tooth on the palm of gnathopod 2.
DESCRIPTION.—Subterminal males as in typical subspecies.
HOLOTYPE. USNM 169015, male “n,” 10.49 mm (illus.).
TYPE-LOCALITY.—DAW 31, Galapagos Islands, Isla Santa Cruz, halfway between Academy Bay and Tortuga Bay, 22 February 1962, 6–9 m, algae-rock wash.
MATERIAL.—DAW 31 (7 specimens).
DISTRIBUTION.—Galapagos Islands: Isla Santa Cruz, 6–9 m.
- bibliographic citation
- Barnard, J. L. 1979. "Littoral Gammaridean Amphipoda from the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-149. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.271
