Open AccessOne More Fossil Niphargid (Malacostraca: Amphipoda) from Baltic Amber
Author(s) -
Krzysztof Jażdżewski,
Janusz Kupryjanowicz
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of crustacean biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1937-240X
pISSN - 0278-0372
DOI - 10.1651/09-3259.1
Subject(s) - amphipoda , malacostraca , baltic amber , biology , affinities , peracarida , zoology , crustacean , paleontology , microchemistry , ecology , decapoda , genus , biochemistry , chemistry , chromatography
Niphargus cf. groehni is described from a piece of Eocene Baltic amber. This is the third case when a fossil niphargid amphipod has been discovered. Morphological peculiarities of this specimen and its affinities with other niphargids are discussed.
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