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Issue: Vol. 1820 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1820.1.5
Page range: 60–66
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus and two new species of Saurodocus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia

Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia School of Environmental Science and Natural Resources Management, University of New England, National Marine Science Centre, Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 2450, Australia
Forschungsinstitut Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Crustacea Amphipoda Melitidae Saurodocus hobbit Saurodocus minimarenus new genus new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus, Saurodocus gen. nov., and two new species, S. hobbit sp. nov. and S. minimarenus sp. nov. are described from Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, collected from coarse coral sands with coral rubble in shallow water. Saurodocus belongs to the Ceradocus group — a group of genera within the Melitidae allied to Ceradocus Costa, 1853, united by a widened triangular inner plate on maxilla 2 and setation on the inner margin of the inner plates of both maxillae. The combination of an un-produced anteroventral corner on coxa 1, lack of posteroventral lobe on coxa 4 and a deeply cleft telson separates Saurodocus from all other genera in the Ceradocus group.

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