Abstract
A new eyeless Amphipod Crustacea 5 mm long was found in Himisé-dò Cave in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku. The inner ramus of its third uropod is nearly as long as the unijointed outer ramus. The accessory flagellum of the first antenna consists only of a single joint. The first maxilla is distinctive in its small palp which does not extend beyond the apical margin of the outer plate and bears only an apical seta. In these characteristic features the present form is different from any known species of the genera of the Crangonyx and Hadzia groups and seems to belong to a new species, on the basis of which the new genus Awacaris is created.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.3.3.5
Recommended Citation
Uéno, Masuzo.
1968.
A new cave amphipod Crustacea from Japan.
International Journal of Speleology,
3: 241-247.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol3/iss3/5
