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Issue: Vol. 2260 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.16
Page range: 344–347
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 16

Chevaliidae

Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, National University of Ireland Cork, Enterprise Centre, Lee Fields, Cork, Ireland
Crustacea Amphipoda Chevaliidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Chevalia tenuis

Abstract

A new species of chevaliid is reported from the Great Barrier Reef. It is compared with Chevalia pacifica Myers from Papua New Guinea, with C. aviculae Walker from Sri Lanka and with material attributed to C. aviculae from Fiji.

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