Feb.
15, 2013 — On recent expeditions to Madagascar and the French Polynesia,
two Spanish researchers have discovered five new species of crustacean and a
new genus named Triodonthea .
Experts
from the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes and the University of Barcelona
(UB) collected and studied different crustacean specimens during recent
expeditions to Madagascar, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Philippines and French
Polynesia.
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| Enrique Marcpherson |
Using
morphological and molecular data they have discovered five new species of
crustaceans in the waters of these regions. They are genetically different but
morphologically very similar and they also found a new genus, named
Triodonthea. The five new species documented in the study belong to the Lauriea
genus of the Galatheidae family, which is differentiated easily from other
species of the group as it has very long setae and their legs end in a double
spine.
"The
Triodonthea is a new genus that it genetically very different from the Lauriea
species despite being very morphologically similar. The morphological
differences are small to our eyes but reflect great inequalities on a species
level," as explained by Enrique Macpherson, researcher at the Centre
for Advanced Studies of Blanes and co-author of the study along with Aymee
Robainas-Barcia from the UB.
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