New deep-sea Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone In recent decades the World has been faced with the Anthropocene extinction. Discovery of species new to science is increasing in pace, but their formal description is a time consuming process. As a r...

Curious to know more about the #amphipod #discoveries from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone? Then access the New deep-sea #Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone special issue here: zookeys.pensoft.net/issue/4856/

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New #deep-sea #Amphipoda species from the Clarion Clipperton Zone #CCZ with accessible data!!

New plots and deep-sea projects for #ZOO3700 and #ZOO2700!

Thank you @zookeys.pensoft.net , @tammyhorton.bsky.social , @evastewart.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk , and I'm sure many many others!

Habitus of Gammarus kyungsooki, female, paratype.

#NewSpecies!
New #amphipod from #southkorea just surfaced:

Gammarus kyungsooki

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/488611C6-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BiodiversityDataJournal #GammarusKyungsooki

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #arthropods #crustaceae #amphipoda

Paracanthonotozomella steffi, male, holotype, shortly after sampling.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #newzealand just surfaced:

Paracanthonotozomella steffi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8622DE56-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #ParacanthonotozomellaSteffi

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Melita ajmali, male, paratype.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #india just surfaced:

Melita ajmali

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0381381F-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #MelitaAjmali

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Elasmopus lumbiniger, paratype female, lateral view.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just surfaced:

Elasmopus lumbiniger

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A6AB1033-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #ElasmopusLumbiniger

#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #arthropods #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Leucothoe limidicola, holotype, female, lateral view.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just surfaced:

Leucothoe limidicola

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/3E6A87D0-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #LeucothoeLimidicola

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Niphargus primoricus, holotype ♂, general lateral view.

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from the #blacksea just surfaced:

Niphargus primoricus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8390EBB5-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #NiphargusPrimoricus

#FAIRdata
#openaccess #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

➡ EJT Vol. 1011 (2025) #openaccessjournal
📰 Published: 2025-08-25

[#zoology] 🦐 Water diviners described: six new species of the Niphargus aquilex (Crustacea, Amphipoda) complex ⤵

✒ Dieter Weber, Traian Brad, Alexander M. Weigand
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....

#Crustacea #Amphipoda #newspecies

➡ EJT Vol. 1009 (2025) #openaccessjournal
📰 Published: 2025-08-21

[#zoology] North Atlantic Pleustidae ( #Crustacea #Amphipoda ) with a focus on cold-water coral associations ⤵

✒ Anne-Nina Lörz, Anne Helene S. Tandberg
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....

#pleustidae #deepsea #newspecies

#GorgonocephalusChilensis #SterecchinusNeumayeri
#Amphipoda

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just surfaced:

Podocerus offucia

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0525432E-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #PodocerusOffucia

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #biology #taxonomy #ecology #nature #wildlife #animals #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just surfaced:

Konatopus tridens

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EDB299BE-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #KonatopusTridens

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just swam in:

Lepechinella macrospinosa

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2B878B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #LepechinellaMacrospinosa

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #crustaceae #amphipoda #amphipods

Happy #OceanExplorationDay!
Have you seen the videos from when scientists from the University of Bergen was on a cruise with @oceanxorg.bsky.social ?
There were #sharks, #amphipoda #bioluminescence, #hydrozoa, and so much more! youtu.be/WHaNe8GN2iI?...