Martensia martensi

Martensia martensi is a species of amphipod crustacean, and the only species in the genus Martensia.[1][2] It occurs in waters around Svalbard at depths of 37–95 metres (121–312 ft).[1]

Martensia martensi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Family:
Lysianassidae
Genus:
Martensia

Barnard & Karaman, 1991
Species:
M. martensi
Binomial name
Martensia martensi
(Goës, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Lysianassa martensi Goës, 1866
  • Uristes martensi (Goës, 1866)

Description

M. martensi is only known from four specimens collected in 1861 in two fjords on the island of Spitsbergen – Kongsfjorden and Isfjorden.[3] They are all immature, and measure 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in) long.[3]

Taxonomy

A. Goës described Lysianassa martensi as a new species in 1866.[4] It was redescribed in 1968, and tentatively assigned to the genus Uristes.[3] In 1991, J. Laurens Barnard and G. S. Karaman erected a new genus, Martensia, for this species alone,[1] and the genus remains monotypic.[2]

References
  1. J. Laurens Barnard & G. S. Karaman (1991). "The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Part 2" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. Supplement 13 (2): 419–866. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.13.1991.367. ISBN 0-7305-8743-6.
  2. Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2012). Lowry J (ed.). "Martensia Barnard & Karaman, 1991". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  3. D. H. Steele (1968). "A redescription of Lysianassa martensi Goës, 1865 (Amphipoda) and its tentative reassignment to the genus Uristes". Crustaceana. 15 (3): 275–281. doi:10.1163/156854068X00395. JSTOR 20103009.
  4. A. Goës (1866). "Crustacea Amphipoda maris Spetsbergiam alluentis, cum speciebus aliis arcticis enumerat" [Descriptions of marine amphipod crustaceans of Spitsbergen, with a list of other Arctic species]. Ofversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandligar (in Latin). 1865 (8): 517–536.
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