Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Wongkamhaeng, K.; Abdul Rahim, A.; Puttapreecha, R. (2012). Cheiriphotis trifurcata, new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophiidae, Protomedeiinae) from the Seagrass Bed of the Lower Gulf of Thailand. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 187: 71-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.187.3219 [details]
Holotype PSU (Thailand) ZC CR-0264, geounit Gulf of Thailand [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The specific name “trifurcata” is from latin ‘tri = three’ and ‘furcated = forked’, referring to the distinct three forked tips of the modified setae on the outer ramus in male pleopod 3. [details]
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