Antatelson walkeri Chilton
- Dataset
- Thaumatelsonine Stenothoids (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Part 2
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Stenothoidae
- genus
- Antatelson
- species
- Antatelson walkeri
biology_ecology
Ecology After Thurston, 1974, 24 this species occurs in dense growth of large algae like Desmarestia or Phyllogigas in depth of 2 – 30 m, probably living in the interstitium near the holdfasts.
description
Figure 4 (above and middle)
diagnosis
Diagnosis Antenna 1 article 1 nasiform process not reaching end of article 2. Gnathopod 1 propodus widening distad, palm well defined, corner about 120 °. Gnathopod 2 propodus ratio length to width> 2, palm well defined, corner after Chilton’s description about rightangled, in the studied material (ovigerous female 2.5 mm) oblique and about 120 ° corner; carpus distally lengthened. Third pleonite with triangular hump. All uropods surpassing length of telson.
distribution
Distribution Antarctica.
materials_examined
Material examined UL / 40, King George Isl., Admiralty Bay, from rhizoids of Phyllogigas grandifolius, 4 – 30 m depth, 14.2.1980. 1 ind.
Name
- Synonyms
- Thaumatelson walkeri Chilton 1912
- Homonyms
- Antatelson walkeri Chilton