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Ampithoidae

Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Crustacea Amphipoda Ampithoidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Ampithoe cookana Ampithoe katae Ampithoe kava Ampithoe meganae Ampithoe waialua Cymadusa alyxis Cymadusa cavimana Cymadusa heronensis Cymadusa hoeyae

Abstract

Five genera and 19 species of ampithoid amphipods are reported from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Seven species are new to science. The majority of species occur in the genus Cymadusa.

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