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A new species of Pseudoniphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from subterranean waters in Tenerife (Canary Islands)

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Pseudoniphargus candelariae n. sp. is described from a ground-water-fed well in Tenerife (Canary Islands) and is compared with all species known from Macaronesia. The new species has one unique character (spination of palmar angle of gnathopod 1 sexually dimorphic) and presents furthermore a new combination of morphological features not found in other species of the genus in the area studied.

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  1. Dep. de Zoología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

    Elias L. Sánchez

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Sánchez, E.L. A new species of Pseudoniphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from subterranean waters in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Hydrobiologia 196, 51–63 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008892

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