Princaxelia jamiesoni

Princaxelia jamiesoni is a species of amphipod crustacean described in 2010. The type material of Princaxelia jamiesoni was collected on September 30, 2008 from a depth of 7,703 metres (25,272 ft) in the Japan Trench (36°14.96′N 142°49.01′E). Further material was collected in 2009 from the Izu-Ogasawara Trench (27°22.09′N 143°13.49′E) at a depth of 9,316 m (30,564 ft).[1] It is named after Alan Jamieson, a marine biologist from the University of Aberdeen.[1]

Princaxelia jamiesoni
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Princaxelia
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P. jamiesoni
Binomial name
Princaxelia jamiesoni
Lörz, 2010

References

  1. Anne-Nina Lörz (2010). "Trench treasures: the genus Princaxelia (Pardaliscidae, Amphipoda)" (PDF). Zoologica Baetica. 21 (Special Issue: Amphipods: Trends in Systematics and Ecology, ed. by J. M. Guerra García): 65–84.
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