Constraints on lake communities are complex and are usually studied by using limited combinations of variables derived from measurements within or adjacent to study waters. While informative, results often provide limited insight about magnitude of simultaneous influences operating at multiple scales, such as lake- vs. watershed-scale. To formulate comparisons of such contrasting influences, we...

Africorchestia, a new genus of coastal sand-hoppers (Amphipoda, Talitridae), is described from western Africa and southwestern Europe. Africorchestia includes five species: A. fischeri (H. Milne Edwards, 1830); A. quadrispinosa (K.H. Barnard, 1916); A. skoogi (Stebbing, 1922); A. spinifera (Mateus, 1962); and A. tricornuta (Shoemaker, 1920).

Ampithoidae is a family of marine Amphipoda with approximately 230 species, belonging to 16 genera. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. So far only five species are known from New Zealand. Recent collections and examination of historic collection material added two new species, which are described herein. An overview of and a key to the New Zealand Ampithoidae is provided.

Journal of Natural History Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713192031 Notes on the ecology and behaviour of Pseudamphithoides incurvaria (Just) (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Ampithoidae) Sara M. Lewis a; Brian Kensley b a Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. b Departme...

The collection of Crustacea preserved in the Museum Zoology “P. Doderlein” Palermo (Italy) has been revised framework activities National Biodiversity Future Center. main part is composed Decapoda, while a smaller includes Stomatopoda, Isopoda, Amphipoda, and Cirripedia. Overall common species, some which are now protected.

Two new species of the deep-sea scavenging genus Cyclocaris (Crustacea: Amphipoda) are described from bathyal and abyssal depths in the North and tropical Atlantic Ocean, bringing the total number of species in the genus to four. An account of all four species is given and an updated key to the genus Cyclocaris is provided.

One new species of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 (Amphipoda, Gammaridea, Niphargidae) from the subterranean waters (springs) above Ravno Vrdovo in Dinara Mountain, Croatia, is described. Niphargus radzai sp. n. belongs to the artificial group within Niphargus with elevated number of setae along outer margin of dactylus in gnathopods 1 and 2 and dactylus of some or all pereopods provided wi...

A new species of corophiid Amphipoda, Cheiriphotis trifurcata, collected from the seagrass bed of the Lower Gulf of Thailand, is described. Cheiriphotis trifurcata is characterized by its trifurcated tip of the modified setae on the outer ramus in male pleopod 3. In this paper, the new species is fully described and compared with related species and a complete key of the 16 valid species in the...