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)

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]

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. 1 2 3 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. 1 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. 1 2 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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