#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #india just surfaced:

Melita ajmali

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0381381F-FFF7-FFC4-FF1A-9F19FA4CF8F6
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.8
#Zootaxa #MelitaAjmali

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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just surfaced:

Elasmopus lumbiniger

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A6AB1033-296A-5F52-9BB1-FAE054DAA466
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.162923
#ZooKeys #ElasmopusLumbiniger

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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #usa just came in:

Hyalella plutonia

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1121DCD3-ECCD-53B5-8A4B-712A8A50EF2E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.54.168846
#SubterraneanBiology #HyalellaPlutonia

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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #iceland just came in:

Stenopleustes jeskulkeae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387B4-FFEA-FFEE-FDFE-FBF541D0F31A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1009.3017
#ejtaxonomy #StenopleustesJeskulkeae

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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just surfaced:

Leucothoe limidicola

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E6A87D0-8232-FFF2-A785-9EAAFC38FC6B
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.6
#Zootaxa #LeucothoeLimidicola

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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from the #blacksea just surfaced:

Niphargus primoricus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8390EBB5-7754-50FD-A2DF-50FE8D95EBA5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1254.165665
#ZooKeys #NiphargusPrimoricus

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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #iceland just came in:

Neopleustes schwentneri

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387B4-FFF0-FFD0-FDFE-FDE54113F219
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1009.3017
#ejtaxonomy #NeopleustesSchwentneri

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Two amphipods from the Cyproideidae family, each around 3mm in body length, rest on a coral. Commonly called “ladybugs of the sea”, these tiny creatures display striking colouration and symmetry.

Yury Ivanov, #Indonesia

#photography
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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just came in:

Photis bulla

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/40FE8260-6BFB-5D29-856D-65C5B21A136B
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.145826
#ZooKeys #PhotisBulla

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‘Supergiant’ #sea creature lurks in more than half the #ocean
An animal the size of your forearm may not, at first, appear to deserve the “supergiant” label, but according to #deepsea researcher and lead author of the study, Dr Paige Maroni, they’re “ginormous” compared to other #amphipods. First discovered in the 1800s, but considered relatively rare, could inhabit up to 59% of the world’s deep #oceans according to a new study from the University of Western Australia.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/marine-life/deep-ocean-alicella-gigantea/

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just came in:

Elasmopus projectus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F0346A15-FFD3-FFFD-FF0D-EBD9FCA17FBF
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.2.8
#zootaxa #ElasmopusProjectus

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Rare giant "shrimp" is more widespread than previously believed, new findings reveal https://phys.org/news/2025-05-rare-giant-shrimp-widespread-previously.html

The supergiant #amphipod Alicella gigantea may inhabit over half of the world’s oceans https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241635

"#Amphipods like A. gigantea are #shrimp-like #crustaceans known for their narrow frames and a signature hump-backed curl in their posture. They roam the #DeepSea, from the abyssal depths (3,000–6,000 m) to beyond hadal zones (>6,000 m)"

Highland springs, north Iceland.

Underground streams break out from underneath leaky strata. In this case ice-age moraines, but in others lavafields.

The springs harbour live and the underground rivers have microorganisms and top predator in small freshwater amphipods

Only endemic invertebrates in iceland, that have lived through couple of Ice-ages (>5 million years)

#CrangonyxIslandicus
#ecology #springs #iceland #amphipods #limnology #evolution #phylogeography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crangonyx_islandicus

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just surfaced:

Podocerus offucia

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0525432E-5411-5290-A814-C02C34AEB37D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.145826
#ZooKeys #PodocerusOffucia

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#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just surfaced:

Konatopus tridens

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EDB299BE-18F1-5796-8439-238893029352
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.145826
#ZooKeys #KonatopusTridens

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp707bZ4YI4

#crustaceans #amphipods #invertebrates

#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just swam in:

Lepechinella macrospinosa

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2B878B-FFC5-FFD7-FF29-F9BBFB06A287
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.6
#Zootaxa #LepechinellaMacrospinosa

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@jstevenyork
At least you didn't call it a "crab-like" as "Live science" did.
#Amphipods are not #shrimps (ok, one group is called "skeleton shrimps", but they don't even resemble shrimps tbh. and Dulcibella is not from that one).
And this thing looks pretty normal for deep-water Amphipods:
https://spikesandbristles.pictures (these are freshwater though).
#crustaceans

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please spread widely!

Land use influences organisms living underground https://phys.org/news/2024-10-underground.html

Terrestrial #LandUse signals on groundwater fauna beyond current protection buffers https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.3040

"land use within a radius of up to 1 kilometer from the #groundwater extraction site has an impact on #amphipods. This could indicate that the current groundwater protection zones are not large enough."