New marine amphipod species found in Chillika Lake, Odisha Shrimp-like crustacea named Demaorchestia alanensis Researchers at Berhampur University, Odisha have discovered a new species of marine amphipod — a shrimp-like crustacea of genus Demaorchestia— in the state’s Chilika lake on the east coast of India. The new species was named Demaorchestia alanensis after global expert professor Alan Myers of University College Cork, Ireland, who has made a significant contribution to global marine amphipod studies, said Shesdev Patro, assistant professor, Department of Marine Science, Berhampur University and one of the three researchers who discovered the new species. The present contribution has added one more species to the genus Demaorchestia , raising the global species number in the group to six, he said. The characteristics of the newly discovered crustacean were described in an article, A new species of amphipod of the genus Demaorchestia (Sent...
