<strong>Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Dexaminidae,     Eusiridae, Hyalidae, Ischyroceridae, Leucothoidae and Lysianassidae</strong>

A. A. MYERS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.1

Issue: Vol. 3731 No. 3: 31 Oct. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-10-31

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.1

Page range: 301–323

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Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Dexaminidae, Eusiridae, Hyalidae, Ischyroceridae, Leucothoidae and Lysianassidae

A. A. MYERS⁺⁻

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Cork, Ireland.

Crustacea Amphipoda taxonomy new species Dexaminidae Eusiridae Hyalidae Ischyroceridae Leucothoidae Lysianassidae Palau Micronesia

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Abstract

Thirteen species of amphipod in the families Dexaminidae (1), Eusiridae (1), Hyalidae (1), Ischyroceridae (1), Leucothoidae (8) and Lysianassidae (1) are recorded from Palau in Micronesia. Of these, Ventojassa palauensis sp. nov., Leucothoe beobeldabensis sp.nov., L. pseudepidemos sp. nov., L. serratissima sp. nov., L. tumida sp. nov., L. whiteae sp. nov and Paranamixis dentidactylus sp. nov. are new to science and are described and figured.