Martensia martensi explained

Martensia martensi is a species of amphipod crustacean, and the only species in the genus Martensia.^{[1] [2]} It occurs in waters around Svalbard at depths of 37-.^[1]

Description

M. martensi is only known from four specimens collected in 1861 in two fjords on the island of Spitsbergen – Kongsfjorden and Isfjorden. They are all immature, and measure 6- long.

Taxonomy

A. Goës described Lysianassa martensi as a new species in 1866.^[3] It was redescribed in 1968, and tentatively assigned to the genus Uristes.^[4] In 1991, J. Laurens Barnard and G. S. Karaman erected a new genus, Martensia, for this species alone,^[1] and the genus remains monotypic.^[2]

Notes and References

1. J. Laurens Barnard & G. S. Karaman . 1991 . The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Part 2 . . Supplement 13 . 2 . 419–866 . 0-7305-8743-6 . 10.3853/j.0812-7387.13.1991.367 . PDF.
2. Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini . 2012 . Martensia Barnard & Karaman, 1991 . Amphipoda . 101623 . November 8, 2012.
3. A. Goës . 1866 . Crustacea Amphipoda maris Spetsbergiam alluentis, cum speciebus aliis arcticis enumerat . Latin . Descriptions of marine amphipod crustaceans of Spitsbergen, with a list of other Arctic species . Ofversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandligar . 1865 . 8 . 517–536.
4. D. H. Steele . 1968 . A redescription of Lysianassa martensi Goës, 1865 (Amphipoda) and its tentative reassignment to the genus Uristes . . 15 . 3 . 275–281 . 20103009 . 10.1163/156854068X00395.