Gammarus baysali
Gammarus baysali is a cave-dwelling species of freshwater amphipod crustacean, found in Turkey.[1] The species belongs to the broader Gammarus pulex group and was scientifically described in 2013 from Cumayanı Cave, Zonguldak Province.
| Gammarus baysali | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Gammaridae |
| Genus: | Gammarus |
| Species: | G. baysali |
| Binomial name | |
| Gammarus baysali Özbek, Yurga & Kulköyluoglu, 2013 | |
The most discriminant characters of this species are the minute eyes, densely setose fifth peduncle and flagellar segments of antenna 2, elongated pereiopods, and setose anterior margins of pereiopods 5 to 7. Additionally, the palp of right maxilla 1 has 4 setae along its outer margin.[1]
References
- Murat Özbek, Levent Yurga & Okan Külköylüoğlu (2013). "Gammarus baysali sp. nov., a new freshwater amphipod species from Turkey (Amphipoda: Gammaridae)". Turkish Journal of Zoology. 37: 163–171. doi:10.3906/zoo-1209-14.
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