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Species ID
OC-SP-0002283
Discovered
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species ID
OC-SP-0002283
Provisional Species Name
Ampelisca sp_MNHNCL AMP-16057
Lowest Valid Taxon Name in WoRMS
Ampelisca
Lowest Known Rank
Genus
Status
Discovered
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Embargo
No
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Ampeliscidae
Genus
Ampelisca
Date Identified
31/01/2026
Taxonomic Remarks
The genus Ampelisca comprises a large, cosmopolitan taxon of Amphilochidean amphipods, that currently includes more than 240 species. The examined material corresponds to a large-sized species with conspicuous diagnostic features that readily distinguish it as undescribed, despite the absence of a recent comprehensive revision of the genus. Some of the characters observed in the studied individuals are not present in any other species of the genus, such as the well-developed anterodistal lobe of the basis of pereopod 7 and the concave margin of posterior lobe of the basis of pereopod 7.
Received All Minimal Data for Discovery
04/03/2026
Description of Material
Eyes not discernible; head length as long as the first two pereonites; rostral area as projected as the lateral cephalic lobe; ventrolateral margin slightly convex. First peduncular article of antenna 1 approximately 0.51× the head length (about half the length of the head). Basis of pereopod 5 with an elongated anterodistal lobe. Posterior lobe in the basis of pereopod 7 with a concavity. Epimeron 3 with a small triangular tooth at the posterodistal angle. Urosomite 3 dorsally convex, relatively flat. Uropod 3 rami foliaceous, broadly lanceolate and relatively short. Telson subquadrate, distally truncated, with a diagonal row of dorsolateral setae.
Ecology
The specimens were collected in intertidally, buried in the sand of the beach.
Distribution
Currently known only from Mar Brava Beach, Chiloé, Los Lagos Region, Chile, occurring in the intertidal and upper subtidal zone.
Scientific Name Authorship
Pérez-Schultheiss
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