Bathyamaryllis kapala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Amaryllididae
Genus: Bathyamaryllis
Species:
B. kapala
Binomial name
Bathyamaryllis kapala
Lowry & Stoddart, 2002

Bathyamaryllis kapala is a species of amphipod in the family Amaryllididae, and was first described in 2002 by James K. Lowry and Helen E. Stoddart.[1][2]

The species holotype (AM P36868) is female, and was carrying 16 eggs. It was collected on a bottom trawl on 1980-12-10 by the FRV Kapala, trawling at a depth of about 900 m, off the New South Wales coast.[2] The species is named for the vessel.[2]

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Bathyamaryllis kapala". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  2. 1 2 3 J. K. Lowry; H. E. Stoddart (2002). "The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (2): 129-214 [200, figs 67-69]. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.54.2002.1363. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q92173635.
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