WoRMS taxon details
Microcheus Souza-Filho, 2011
558445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558445)
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Genus
Microcheus nortoni Souza-Filho, 2011 (type by monotypy)
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Souza-Filho, J.F. (2011) First record of the family Cheidae (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) from the Brazilian coast, with description of two new genera and new species. Journal of Natural History, i, 1-20. [details] Available for editors 
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Etymology Compound name, formed by Latin suffix micro plus the genus Cheus, in allusion to the relatively small body size of the...
Etymology Compound name, formed by Latin suffix micro plus the genus Cheus, in allusion to the relatively small body size of the species compared with others species within the family Cheidae. Gender masculine. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Microcheus Souza-Filho, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558445 on 2024-04-19
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Souza-Filho, J.F. (2011) First record of the family Cheidae (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) from the Brazilian coast, with description of two new genera and new species. Journal of Natural History, i, 1-20. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Compound name, formed by Latin suffix micro plus the genus Cheus, in allusion to the relatively small body size of the species compared with others species within the family Cheidae. Gender masculine. [details]
