Experts
from the Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur) reported the discovery of a new crustacean (amphipod) among the inhabitants of the Yucatán continental shelf .
Carlos Paz
and Daniel Pech discovered and studied the crustacean , it was named Gammaropsis elvirae , in honor of Elvira , Carlos Paz's wife .
The new species was found at a depth of 70 meters , which shows that the Yucatán platform hasn't been explored in depth and that it has a great diversity of species that are yet to be discovered, they explained.
emphasizes that this discovery represents a milestone for the long-term research program on Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change.
The crustacean is described and illustrated as a new species of the Photidae Boeck family which is located along the soft sediment habitats of the Yucatán platform , south of the Gulf of Mexico.
The crustacean has several unique characteristics such as rounded lateral cephalic lobes and external lobes of the lower lip, among many others.
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