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Type: Article
Published: 2014-06-05
Page range: 535–552
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Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Melphidippidae, Oedicerotidae, Photidae, Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Talitridae

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Cork, Ireland.
Crustacea Amphipoda taxonomy new species Melphidippidae Oedicerotidae Photidae Pleustidae Podoceridae Stenothoidae Synopiidae Talitridae Palau Micronesia

Abstract

Eleven species belonging to the families Melphidippidae, Oedicerotidae, Photidae, Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Talitridae are recorded from Palau, Micronesia. Eight species are figured. One species is new to science and is described and figured. One species was previously known only from Australia, one only from Madagascar and one only from Fiji.