On a small collection of amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Lesser Kuril Chain

Abstract

The article provides information on amphipods found on two islands of the Lesser Kuril Chain collected during the period from 4 to 19 August 2013 in the framework of the 49th South Kuril Marine Expedition. A detailed morphological description of prophliantin amphipod Guernea ezoensis Ishimaru, 1987 — the species which has not been presented from Russian waters until now — is provided. The South Kuril specimens differ slightly from the original and accumulative descriptions. The article briefly discusses the issues of intraspecific morphological variability.

Keywords

• Malacostraca
• Guernea
• Yuri Isl.
• Zelenyi Isl.
• first records