WoRMS taxon details
original description
Sittrop, D. J.; Serejo, C. S.; Souza-Filho, J. F.; Senna, A. R. (2015). New genera and species of Urothoidae (Amphipoda) from the Brazilian deep sea, with the re-assignment of Pseudurothoe and Urothopsis to Phoxocephalopsidae. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 49(9-10): 527-552., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.953227 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology The species name is an adjective, derived from the Latin word castellum, and refers to the posterior margin of the pereopod 5 basis, which is castellated. [details]
Type material Holotype: sex unknown, 4.0 mm, Oceanprof I #74, 22°27′31″ S, 40°09′23″ W, 750 m, N/R Astro Garoupa col., MNRJ 21439. [details]
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