Australian Museum Journal Systematics, ecology and phylogeny of the Anamixidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Shortform:

Thomas, 1997, Rec. Aust. Mus. 49(1): 35–98

Author(s):

Thomas, James Darwin

Year published:

1997

Title:

Systematics, ecology and phylogeny of the Anamixidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Serial title:

Records of the Australian Museum

Volume:

49

Issue:

1

Start page:

35

End page:

98

DOI:

10.3853/j.0067-1975.49.1997.298

Language:

English

Date published:

04 July 1997

Cover date:

04 July 1997

ISSN:

0067-1975

CODEN:

RAUMAJ

Publisher:

The Australian Museum

Place published:

Sydney, Australia

Subjects:

CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA

Digitized:

11 April 2008

Available online:

09 March 2009

Reference number:

298

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Abstract

Thirteen new species and one new genus are described in the commensal amphipod family Anamixidae, bringing the total to 33 species in three genera. Thirteen species are recorded from the Pacific Ocean, eight from the Indian Ocean and four from the Caribbean. Developmental stages are documented in four species of Anamixis Stebbing, 1897 and one species of Nepanamixis n.gen. Developmental stages in Nepanamixis are profoundly different from those of Anamixis and Paranamixis Schellenberg, 1938. All new taxa are fully described and figured. Previously described taxa are reviewed and illustrated where necessary. The cryptic Anamixidae are found in coral reefs and other hard-bottomed, shallow, tropical waters. An unusual tropical relic, A. tangaroa n.sp., is described from cold waters in the Bass Strait, Australia. Current species distributions and information probably reflect collecting bias as many areas remain uncollected.

Cladistic analysis of the Anamixidae proved informative in the Nepanamixis-Anamixis group where adequate specimens of new and existing species were available for examination. Results were less informative for Paranamixis.