Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Melphidippidae, Oedicerotidae, Photidae, Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Talitridae Author Myers, A. A. text Zootaxa 2014 3811 4 535 552 journal article 45581 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.4.6 4dd915eb-fdd0-4371-a1cf-4f7ea9648460 1175-5326 224856 E84066D1-B66A-40A5-A9EE-362BE174ECA3 Synopia ultramarina Dana, 1853 Synopia ultramarina Dana, 1853 : 995 , pl. 68 fig. 6a–h.— Bovallius, 1886 : 613 , pl. 1, figs 1–21.— Stebbing, 1906 : 271 .— Spandl, 1924 : 47 , fig. 17 (part).— Schellenberg, 1926 : 341 .— K.H. Barnard, 1930 : 367 .— Shoemaker, 1933 : 11 .—Pirlot, 1936: 301.— Shoemaker, 1945 : 195 , fig. 8.— Nagata, 1965 : 171 .— J.L. Barnard, 1972 : 51 .— Ortiz, 1978 : 9 .— Ledoyer, 1986 : 990 , fig. 391.— Hirayama, 1988 : 55 , figs 279–282.— J.L. Barnard & Thomas, 1989 : 363 , figs 1–4 (part).— J.L. Barnard & Karaman, 1991 : 716 .— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003 : 124 (catalogue).— Hughes, 2009 : 880 –891, figs 1, 2. Synopia scheeleana .— Ledoyer, 1979b : 137 , fig. 88(II). Material examined. 2 males , 4 females ( OUMNH .ZC.2002.24.139) outside Risong channel, light trap sample, 15 m ; 07°17.903'N , 134°28.544'E ; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, night 25th –26th May 2002 ; 2 females , 1 male ( OUMNH .ZC.2002.24.140) Risong Cove, WWII wreck; light trap, 2m depth, sandy bottom; 07°17.987'N , 134°28.756'E ; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 28th –29th May 2002 . Distribution. Australia : Queensland: Lizard Island ( Hughes 2009 ), Lowe Isles ( K.H. Barnard 1930 ), Heron Island and One Tree Island ( Hughes 2009 ); Palua (present study); Indonesia : Borneo (Pirlot 1936). Japan : Seto Inland Sea ( Nagata 1965 ), Tomioka Bay ( Hirayama 1988 ); Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1986 ); Indian Ocean. ( Dana 1853 ); Red Sea ( Spandl 1924 ); West Atlantic ( Dana 1853 , Stebbing 1906 ); Bermuda ( Shoemaker 1945 ); Caribbean ( Shoemaker 1933 , Ortiz 1978 , J.L. Barnard & Thomas 1989 ); Brazil ( Dana 1853 ).