Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Chagos Archipelago
Author
Myers, A. A.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3754
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1
31
journal article
36914
10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.1
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Ampelisca pygmaea
Schellenberg
(
Figs 17
,
18
)
Ampelisca pygmaea
Schellenberg, 1938
: 10
, fig. 4. —
Ledoyer, 1978
: 212
, fig. 3. —
Ledoyer, 1983
: 70
, figs 19–21. —Myers, 1985: 15,
Fig. 7
.
Ampelisca
sp.
Ledoyer, 1972
: 177
, pl. 5.
Material examined.
1 female
, 3.0 mm, Diego Garcia, outer reef, dead branching coral heads,
10 m
.
C. Head and H. Koldewey,
16.02.2012
(
OUMNH
.ZC.2013.06.061).
Remarks.
The single specimen agrees well with the description of
A. pygmaea
by
Schellenberg 1938
.
Habitat.
Presumably in coral sand amongst dead coral heads.
Distribution.
Madagascar
, Chagos archipelago,
Mauritius
,
Fiji
.