The freshwater amphipods Hyalella Smith, 1874 in Chile (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

The Chilean fauna of amphipods has been poorly studied. Freshwater amphipods in Chile have a single genus in epigean environments. Seven species of the genus Hyalella are reported for Chile: H. simplex; H. fossamancinii, H. kochi; H. chiloensis; H. costera; H. araucana, and H. franciscae. A short di...

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Published inRevista chilena de historia natural Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 623 - 637
Main Author GONZÁLEZ, EXEQUIEL R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sociedad de Biología de Chile 01.12.2003
Subjects
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
ECOLOGY
Neotropical
Hyalella, Chile
agua dulce
freshwater
Amphipoda, Hyalella
Chile
Amphipoda
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Summary:The Chilean fauna of amphipods has been poorly studied. Freshwater amphipods in Chile have a single genus in epigean environments. Seven species of the genus Hyalella are reported for Chile: H. simplex; H. fossamancinii, H. kochi; H. chiloensis; H. costera; H. araucana, and H. franciscae. A short diagnosis, a key and figures are given for each species
ISSN:0716-078X
0716-078X
DOI:10.4067/S0716-078X2003000400007