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Published: 2009-10-08
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Maeridae, the Ceradocus group

Forschungsinstitut u. Museum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Crustacea Amphipoda Maeridae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new genus new species Austromaera brevicaudata Ceradocus crenatipalma Ceradocus hawaiensis Ceradocus oxyodus Ceradocus cf. rubromaculatus Ceradocus woorree Ceradocus yandala

Abstract

Eight genera, of which one is new to science and 18 species, of which one is new to science, are reported, primarily living in the crevices of the reef or among algae, but one genus is probably interstitial.

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