Open AccessLysianassidae
Author(s) -
James K. Lowry,
Helen Stoddart
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.31
Subject(s) - great barrier reef , biology , fauna , temperate climate , ecology , reef , tropical eastern pacific , oceanography , pacific ocean , geology
Seven genera and eleven species of lysianassid amphipods are recorded from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Six species are new to science. Six of the eleven species are considered to be scavengers. The Great Barrier Reef lysianassid fauna is more similar to that of the tropical Indo-West Pacific than to that of temperate Australia.