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Abstract
Three new species, Gammarus shenmuensis n. sp., G. murarius n. sp. and G. martensi n. sp. are described, based on the collections from the Shaanxi Province of China. The morphological characters that distinguish these different species are presented. Distribution data on these gammarids are also given.
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Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to Dr Dirk Platvoet (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) for his continued support and encouragement throughout the present study. Thanks are also due to Prof. Dr J. Martens and Dr P. Jaeger (Senckenberg Forshungsinstitut, Germany) for donation of the material. The present study was supported in part by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC-30270183, 30370263), the National Science Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Research (NSFC-J0030092), the project of Knowledge Innovation Program, Chinese Academy of Science (KSCX2-1-06A, KSCX3-IOZ-01) and the Life Science Special Fund of CAS supported by the Ministry of Finance (STZ-00-19).