A New Species of the Deep-Sea Sponge-Associated Genus Eiconaxius (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidae), With New Insights Into the Distribution, Speciation, and Mitogenomic Phylogeny of Axiidean Shrimps

A New Species of the Deep-Sea Sponge-Associated Genus Eiconaxius (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidae), With New Insights Into the Distribution, Speciation, and Mitogenomic Phylogeny of Axiidean Shrimps

EiconaxiusBate, 1888 is a genus of axiid shrimps exclusively associated with deep-sea hexactinellid sponges. Due to its special morphology and habitat, Eiconaxius is taxonomically and ecologically controversial. Based on material recently collected from seamounts in the northwestern Pacific, a new s...

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Main Authors: Qi Kou, Peng Xu, Gary C. B. Poore, Xinzheng Li, Chunsheng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
biodiversity
taxonomy
host specificity
isolation
divergence
mitochondrial genome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00469/full

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