Amphipoda ( Crustacea) of the Thule area, Northwest Greenland: faunistics and taxonomy.

Abstract

The material includes 105 species. Aceroides goesi, Bathymedon antennarius, Monoculodes vibei and Parametopa crassicornis are new to science. An additional six species are new to Greenland, while nine species have previously been found in E Greenland but not in W Greenland. Four genera (Lembos, Arrhinopsis, Arctopleustes, Parametopa) are recorded from Greenland for the first time. Major taxonomic problems, warranting broadly based revisions, are outlined in Byblis, Gitanopsis, Ischyrocerus, Tmetonyx, Monoculodes and Stenula. Three different forms of Paroediceros lynceus are discussed. -from Author