North Atlantic and Mediterranean species of the genus Phippsiella Schellenberg (Amphipoda: Stegocephalidae)

Abstract

Five species (including one new to science) have been recognized within the North Atlantic and Mediterranean in the stegocephalid genus Phippsiella Schellenberg, 1925 (Crustacea: Amphipoda), viz. Phippsiella abyssicola Oldevig, 1959, P. bioice n.sp., P. pseudophippsia Bellan-Santini, 1985, P. minima Stephensen, 1925 and P. similis (Sars, 1891). The type material for all species except the last were examined, and redescriptions are given of all. A key to the species is presented.

Keywords :

• Amphipoda
• Stegocephalidae
• Phippsiella
• taxonomy