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Benthic amphipod, taken with Leica DFC 490 camera mounted on a Leica M205C binocular microscope. This is an invasive species in Europe, originally originating from America. The species can be distinguished from other local Melitidae species by the absence of dorsal teeth on pleosomites and urosomites, an accesory flagellum with at least two segments and a group of dorso lateral spines on either side of urosome 2. Collected in 2011 near the Bend of Bath on the Western Scheldt. Length = ~4 mm Focus stack of 34 pictures. Date: 13 April 2012
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Photograph of the Ampithoe changbaensis sp. nov., habitus of the male paratype. Scale bar: 5 mm. Source: (https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1079.73443)
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Pair of preserved specimens
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Sainte-Flavie, 1984, DFO-MLI collection
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male
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Recorded from Vasai near Mumbai, India along the northwest coast of India for the first time. Earlier record of the species from the southwest coast, India was based on a single female specimen.
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Recorded from Vasai near Mumbai, India along the northwest coast of India for the first time. Earlier record of the species from the southwest coast, India was based on a single female specimen.
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Recorded from Vasai near Mumbai, India along the northwest coast of India for the first time. Earlier record of the species from the southwest coast, India was based on a single female specimen.
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female
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female
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female
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hyperid
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male