Ampithoid amphipods from the South Pacific: Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and New Caledonia Author Peart, R. A. Author Hughes, L. E. text Journal of Natural History 2013 J. Nat. Hist. 2014-01-21 48 13 - 14 739 861 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.825027 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2013.825027 1464-5262 5198865 Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 ( Figures 67–70 ) Exampithoe (Melanesius) cooki Ledoyer, 1984 , p. 24 , fig. 10. Poore and Lowry, 1997 , p. 901 . Lowry, 2007 , p. 282 (checklist). Melanesius cooki Myers and Lowry, 2003 , p. 467 . Type locality Ilot Maitre , New Caledonia ( 22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S , 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E ) . Figure 67. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592; female, 5 mm, AM P.84593, New Caledonia. Figure 68. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592; female, 5 mm, AM P.84593, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm. Material examined New Caledonia : Male, 5 mm , dissected, four slides, AM P.84592, Off Ilot Maitre ( 22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S , 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E ), 20 m , brown alga Sargassum sp. , 7 November 1995 , coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-37); female, 5 mm , dissected, one slide, AM P.84593, Off Ilot Maitre ( 22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S , 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E ), 20 m , brown alga Sargassum sp. , 7 November 1995 , coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-37); six specimens , AM P.84594, Off Ilot Maitre ( 22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S , 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E ), 20 m , brown alga Sargassum sp. , 7 November 1995 , coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-37). Figure 69. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592; female, 5 mm, AM P.84593, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm. Figure 70. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm. Remarks This is the first record of Exampithoe cooki Ledoyer, 1984 since its original description from New Caledonia . Distribution New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984 ; current study).