A new species of the genus Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from northern Mexico

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Durango · Topics: Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Crustacean biology and ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

A new species, Hyalella tepehuana sp. nov., is described from Durango state, Mexico, a region where studies on Hyalella have been few. This species differs from most species of the North and South American genus Hyalella in the number of setae on the inner plate of maxilla 1 and maxilla 2, characters it shares with Hyalella faxoni Stebbing, 1903. Nevertheless, H. faxoni, from the Volcan Barva in Costa Rica, lacks a dorsal process on pereionites 1 and 2. Also, this new species differs from other described Hyalella species in Mexico by the shape of the palp on maxilla 1, the number of setae on the uropods, and the shape of the telson.

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