Description of a New Species of the Amphipod Genus Corophium with a Taxonomic Key to Known Species from the Suez Canal (Egypt) PDF

Keywords

amphipods, Corophium, Suez Canal

Abstract

Five species of amphipods belonging to the genus Corophium are known from the Suez Canal (Egypt). Among these a new species (Corophium bidentatum n.sp.) is described and illustrated. Two species namely: C. sextonae Crawford and C. insidiosum Crawford are recorded for the first time in the Suez Canal. A key is provided for the identification of the known species of Corophium in the Suez Canal.