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New species and records of Mallacoota from the South Pacific (Maeridae: Amphipoda: Peracarida)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2013

Arundathi Bopiah  and
Lauren Elizabeth Hughes
Arundathi Bopiah
Affiliation:
Marine Invertebrates Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Lauren Elizabeth Hughes*
Affiliation:
Marine Invertebrates Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: L.E. Hughes, Marine Invertebrates Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia email: lauren.hughes@austmus.gov.au
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Abstract

Seven taxa including three new species of Mallacoota are reported from the South Pacific locations of Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands. Mallacoota mizegwaden sp. nov. was collected from Papua New Guinea, and M. lifou sp. nov. and M. xepenehe sp. nov. from New Caledonia including the Loyalty Islands. Additional material of M. nananui Myers, 1985 is identified from New Caledonia, supporting previous records by Ledoyer, 1984. Three species, Mallacoota capricornia Lowry & Hughes, 2009; M. chiltoni Kilgallen & Ahyong, 2011 and M. sirius Hughes, 2011 are reported from the Kermadec Islands. There are now 33 known species of Mallacoota, with 19 species occurring in tropical to subtropical waters.

Keywords

AmphipodaMallacootaMaeridaeSouth Pacifictaxonomy
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e43
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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