Clave gráfica para la identificación de familias y géneros de anfípodos del suborden Gammaridea del Atlántico Occidental Tropical
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Author
Ortiz, ManuelDate
1994
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Key figure for the identification of families and genera of suborder amphipod Gammaridea Tropical Western AtlanticAbstract
El estudio de los anfípodos, dada su gran importancia ecológica, se ha incrementado considerablemente en los últimos años. Los del Atlántico occidental tropical, no han sido una excepción. La complejidad de su estudio es tal que resulta rara la inclusión de familias, géneros o especies de este grupo en trabajos ecológicos del bentos del área. Se presenta una clave gráfica que permite identificar con relativa facilidad las 36 familias y los 137 géneros de anfípodos del suborden Gammaridea (excepto los dulceacuícolas) de la mencionada región. No se conoce ningún precedente en la literatura especializada sobre anfípodos, de una clave como esta, al menos hasta el nivel genérico.The study of amphipod crustaceans has recently increased significantly, mostly because of their great ecological importance. Those of the tropical western Atlantic, have not been an exceptica The study of this group is so complex that families, genera, or species, are rarely included in ecological studies of the marine benthos of this area. The pictorial key presented herein is designed to facilitate the Identification of the 30 families and 137 genera of amphipods of the Suborder Gammaridea (excluding fresh-water forms) from the tropical western Atlantic. There is no precedent in amphipod literature of such a key, at least to generic level.
Journal
Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta BetinVolume
39Issue/Article Nr
1Publisher or University
INVEMAR, Santa Marta (Colombia)