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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FB919D84FB47FF4C" bold="true" box="[1037,1205,153,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Melita corticis</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="133A2A5AFFFEFFE7FBD09DD0FB47FF19" box="[1100,1205,205,228]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStartId-0="7.[219,255,1945,1966]" captionStartId-1="8.[265,301,1945,1966]" captionTargetBox-0="[123,1390,151,1913]" captionTargetBox-1="[242,1444,185,1897]" captionTargetId-0="figure-10@7.[121,1391,151,1913]" captionTargetId-1="figure-10@8.[242,1444,185,1897]" captionTargetPageId-0="7" captionTargetPageId-1="8" captionText-0="Fig. 5. Melita corticis n.sp., male, 6.2 mm, AM P60868, Le Bouchon. Scales: a = 0.4 mm (Hd, Ep, male G2, male C6), b = 0.2 mm (male G1, enlargement of male G2), c = 0.05 mm (enlargement of male G1), d = 0.1 mm (Mdp)." captionText-1="Fig. 6. Melita corticis n.sp., male, 6.2 mm, female, 3.3 mm, AM P60868, Le Bouchon. Scales: a = 0.2 mm (P3 and P5-P7), b = 0.2 mm (female G2 and female C6), c = 0.05 mm (female G1 and T), d = 0.2 mm (U3)." pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Figs. 5–6</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFFEFFE7FCDB9C1CFAE8FEEB" blockId="6.[839,1306,257,278]" box="[839,1306,257,278]" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">
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<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFFEFFE7FCDB9C1CFAE7FEEB" ID-CoL="3ZK4P" authority="Appadoo & Steele, 1998: 639" authorityName="Appadoo & Steele" authorityPageNumber="639" authorityYear="1998" box="[839,1301,257,278]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="227" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FCDB9C1CFC1BFEEB" box="[839,1001,257,278]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Melita zeylanica</emphasis>
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Appadoo & Steele, 1998: 639
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.
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FCDB9C2FFC13FEB7" bold="true" box="[839,993,306,330]" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Type material</emphasis>
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.
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3,
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,
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P60867,
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depth, living on a mixture of
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and
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FBEA9C4DFB0AFE9E" box="[1142,1272,336,355]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Ulva reticulata</emphasis>
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, le Bouchon
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(
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), C. Appadoo,
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<date id="FFBF101FFFFEFFE7FBB99C75FB49FE86" box="[1061,1211,360,379]" pageId="6" pageNumber="227" value="1998-10-27">27 October 1998</date>
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: 13,
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,
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P60868, same data as
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; 233,
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, and
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from
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FACD9C9DFA48FE6E" box="[1361,1466,384,403]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Ulva lactuca</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFFEFFE7FCF09C85FB93FE56" authority=", Le Bouchon" authorityName="Le Bouchon" box="[876,1121,408,427]" class="Ulvophyceae" family="Ulvaceae" genus="Ulva" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ulvales" pageId="6" pageNumber="227" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="species" species="reticulata">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FCF09C85FC19FE56" box="[876,1003,408,427]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Ulva reticulata</emphasis>
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, Le Bouchon
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<date id="FFBF101FFFFEFFE7FBF79C85FB2DFE56" box="[1131,1247,408,427]" pageId="6" pageNumber="227" value="1998-05-16">16 May 1998</date>
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; 233,
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,
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from
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<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFFEFFE7FCDB9CADFC46FE3E" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" box="[839,948,432,451]" class="Ulvophyceae" family="Ulvaceae" genus="Ulva" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ulvales" pageId="6" pageNumber="227" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="species" species="lactuca">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FCDB9CADFC46FE3E" box="[839,948,432,451]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Ulva lactuca</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFFEFFE7FC429CADFB21FE3E" authority=", Le Bouchon" authorityName="Le Bouchon" box="[990,1235,432,451]" class="Ulvophyceae" family="Ulvaceae" genus="Ulva" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ulvales" pageId="6" pageNumber="227" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="species" species="reticulata">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FC429CADFBAFFE3E" box="[990,1117,432,451]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Ulva reticulata</emphasis>
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, Le Bouchon
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<date id="FFBF101FFFFEFFE7FB409CADFA9FFE3E" box="[1244,1389,432,451]" pageId="6" pageNumber="227" value="1998-10-27">27 October 1998</date>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFFEFFE7FCDB9CC3FBEEF833" blockId="6.[839,1467,478,1998]" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFEFFE7FCDB9CC3FC3EFE0B" bold="true" box="[839,972,478,502]" pageId="6" pageNumber="227">Description</emphasis>
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. Male length,
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. Head with subocular notch, eyes round, a ring of clear ommatidia surrounding a dark central core. Antenna 1 weakly setiferous, article 2, 1.3× article 1, article 3, 0.5× article 1; accessory flagellum 3-articulate; primary flagellum 16-articulate (possibly regenerating in this specimen), flagellum can be 27- articulate (observed from additional material). Antenna 2 weakly setiferous, peduncular article 5 subequal to 4, flagellum 8-articulate. Mandible palp article 3 slightly longer than 2, article 1, 0.3× article 3; article 2 with two groups of setae on posterior margin, article 3 with a few lateral and terminal setae. Maxilla 1 inner plate with 8 plumose apical setae; Lower lip with rounded mandibular lobes. Gnathopod 1 coxa 1.4× as long as broad with short setae on ventral margin; basis 3× as long as broad with a strong patch of setae on anterodistal margin; carpus 1.5× length of propodus; propodus with transverse palm and forming a hood above dactylus; dactylus with medial protrusion on posterior margin. Gnathopod 2 coxa subrectangular 1.5× as long as broad, with setae on distal margin; basis 2.9× as long as broad, with a few groups of long setae on anterior margin; merus slightly produced ventrodistally; carpus 1.2× as broad as long; propodus subrectangular, 1.6× as long as broad, palmar margin weakly convex, palm rounded, with short stout setae and slender setae; dactylus broad throughout its length and slightly tapered at tip and closing across inner face of propodus. Pereopod 3 coxa subrectangular, 1.6× as long as broad, with very short setae on ventral margin; propodus and carpus subequal; dactylus with distal unguis. Pereopod 4 coxa deeply excavate posteriorly; other features similar to pereopod 3. Pereopod 5 coxa about 1.2× as long as broad, anterior margin with robust setae, posterior margin weakly serrated with short setae; dactylus short and robust with terminal unguis. Pereopod 6 coxa lobular; basis subovate, 1.4× as long as broad, anterior margin with stout setae, posterior margin serrated with stout setae; propodus 2× length of carpus; other features similar to pereopod 5. Pereopod 7 basis, 1.3× as long as broad, anterior margin with numerous robust setae, posterior margin more convex and weakly serrated; other features similar to pereopod 6. Epimera 2 and 3 posterior margin weakly serrated, distal margins with a few stout setae. Urosomite 1 smooth. Urosomite 2 with two stout robust setae on each side. Uropods 1–2, rami subequal to each other and shorter than peduncle. Uropod 3 inner ramus rudimentary, with one robust seta; outer ramus 1-articulate, spatulate, 2.5× the length of peduncle, with robust setae and slender setae. Telson cleft to base, lobes with pointed apex; each lobe with two robust setae on distal inner margins and one on the outer margin; 1 or 2 robust setae present about half-way along inner margin.
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Fig. 5.
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFFFFE6FEBC9A84FE5DF853" box="[288,431,1945,1966]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="228">Melita corticis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, male, 6.2 mm, AM P60868, Le Bouchon. Scales:
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= 0.4 mm (Hd, Ep, male G2, male C6),
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFFFFE6FE909AAEFEEAF835" box="[268,280,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="228">b</emphasis>
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= 0.2 mm (male G1, enlargement of male G2),
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFFFFE6FD759AAEFD06F835" box="[745,756,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="228">c</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.05 mm (enlargement of male G1),
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFFFFFE6FBED9AAEFB8FF835" box="[1137,1149,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="228">d</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.1 mm (Mdp).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF7E6657FFF0FFE9FE959A84FB28F835" pageId="8" pageNumber="229" startId="8.[265,301,1945,1966]" targetBox="[242,1444,185,1897]" targetPageId="8">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF0FFE9FE959A84FAAAF853" blockId="8.[265,1368,1945,1992]" box="[265,1368,1945,1966]" pageId="8" pageNumber="229">
|
||
Fig. 6.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF0FFE9FED09A84FE28F853" authority="Appadoo & Myers, 2005" authorityName="Appadoo & Myers" authorityYear="2005" box="[332,474,1945,1966]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="229" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corticis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF0FFE9FED09A84FE28F853" box="[332,474,1945,1966]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="229">Melita corticis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24657B6FFF0FFE9FE7C9A84FDE2F853" box="[480,528,1945,1966]" pageId="8" pageNumber="229" rank="species">n.sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, male, 6.2 mm, female, 3.3 mm, AM P60868, Le Bouchon. Scales:
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF0FFE9FB079A84FB55F853" box="[1179,1191,1945,1966]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="229">a</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.2 mm (P3 and
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF0FFE9FE959AAEFB28F835" blockId="8.[265,1368,1945,1992]" box="[265,1242,1971,1992]" pageId="8" pageNumber="229">
|
||
P5-P7),
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF0FFE9FEC59AAEFE97F835" box="[345,357,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="229">b</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.2 mm (female G2 and female C6),
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF0FFE9FD759AAEFD06F835" box="[745,756,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="229">c</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.05 mm (female G1 and T),
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF0FFE9FBB19AAEFBCBF835" box="[1069,1081,1971,1992]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="229">d</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.2 mm (U3).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF7E6657FFF1FFE8FFE59DB0FCDAFF3F" box="[121,808,173,194]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" startId="9.[121,178,173,194]">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FFE59DB0FCDAFF3F" blockId="9.[121,808,173,194]" box="[121,808,173,194]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FFE59DB0FF37FF3F" bold="true" box="[121,197,173,194]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Table 1</emphasis>
|
||
. The character states in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FE449DB0FD88FF3F" authorityName="Appadoo & Steele" authorityYear="1998" box="[472,634,173,194]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FE449DB0FD88FF3F" box="[472,634,173,194]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group of species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FD9D9DEFFAA1FE39" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<table id="F901C47FFFF1001EFFE19DEFFA7EFE38" box="[125,1420,242,453]" gridcols="6" gridrows="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<tr id="3531349DFFF1001EFFE19DEFFA7EFEFA" box="[125,1420,242,263]" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" rowspan-0="1">
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFE6D9DEFFD89FEFA" box="[497,635,242,263]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FD9D9DEFFD9FFEFA" bold="true" box="[513,621,242,263]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Antenna 2</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFD169DEFFC36FEFA" box="[650,964,242,263]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FD099DEFFC4EFEFA" bold="true" box="[661,956,242,263]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Gnathopod 1 Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFC4A9DEFFBA5FEFA" box="[982,1111,242,263]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FC4A9DEFFBA5FEFA" bold="true" box="[982,1111,242,263]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">U1 peduncle</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFBF59DEFFB0AFEFA" box="[1129,1272,242,263]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FB179DEFFB14FEFA" bold="true" box="[1163,1254,242,263]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">U3 inner</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFA929DEFFA7EFEFA" box="[1294,1420,242,263]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FA929DEFFA7EFEFA" bold="true" box="[1294,1420,242,263]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Urosomite 2</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3531349DFFF1001EFFE19C10FA7EFEDF" box="[125,1420,269,290]" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1">
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFD169C10FC36FEDF" box="[650,964,269,290]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FD169C10FC69FEDF" bold="true" box="[650,923,269,290]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">(male) dactylus carpus</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFC4A9C10FBA5FEDF" box="[982,1111,269,290]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FC7F9C10FBBEFEDF" bold="true" box="[995,1100,269,290]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">basofacial</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFBF59C10FA7EFEDF" box="[1129,1420,269,290]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FBF59C10FA9FFEDF" bold="true" box="[1129,1389,269,290]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">ramus terminal dorsal</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3531349DFFF1001EFFE19C3AFA7EFEC1" box="[125,1420,295,316]" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" rowspan-0="1">
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFE6D9C3AFC36FEC1" box="[497,964,295,316]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FD1D9C3AFCC1FEC1" bold="true" box="[641,819,295,316]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">proximal process</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFC4A9C3AFBA5FEC1" box="[982,1111,295,316]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FC429C3AFBA2FEC1" bold="true" box="[990,1104,295,316]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">robust seta</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFBF59C3AFB0AFEC1" box="[1129,1272,295,316]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FBE79C3AFB0AFEC1" bold="true" box="[1147,1272,295,316]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">robust setae</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFA929C3AFA7EFEC1" box="[1294,1420,295,316]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FA929C3AFA79FEC1" bold="true" box="[1294,1419,295,316]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">robust setae</emphasis>
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3531349DFFF1001EFFE19C42FA7EFE88" box="[125,1420,351,373]" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFFE19C42FE2AFE88" box="[125,472,351,373]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FFE19C7DFE67FE89" authority="Stebbing, 1904" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[125,405,351,373]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FFE19C7DFF08FE88" box="[125,250,352,373]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. zeylanica</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FE9C9C42FE67FE89" author="Stebbing, T" box="[256,405,351,372]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref9199" refString="Stebbing, T. R. R., 1904. Gregarious Crustacea from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 2: 1 - 29." type="journal article" year="1904">Stebbing, 1904</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFE6D9C42FD89FE88" box="[497,635,351,373]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">weakly setose</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFD169C42FC36FE88" box="[650,964,351,373]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">not swollen compressed</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFC4A9C42FBA5FE88" box="[982,1111,351,373]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">absent</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFBF59C42FB0AFE88" box="[1129,1272,351,373]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFA929C42FA7EFE88" box="[1294,1420,351,373]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">4–6</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3531349DFFF1001EFFE19C67FA7EFE72" box="[125,1420,378,399]" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFFE19C67FE2AFE72" box="[125,472,378,399]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FFE19C67FEB7FE72" box="[125,325,378,399]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FFE19C67FF0BFE72" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[125,249,378,399]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">M. zeylanica</taxonomicName>
|
||
kauerti
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FED09C67FE2AFE72" author="Barnard, J" box="[332,472,378,399]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 327" refId="ref8705" refString="Barnard, J. L., 1972. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 103: 1 - 327." type="journal article" year="1972">Barnard, 1972</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFE6D9C67FD89FE72" box="[497,635,378,399]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">weakly setose</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFD169C67FC36FE72" box="[650,964,378,399]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">swollen not compressed</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFC4A9C67FBA5FE72" box="[982,1111,378,399]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">present</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFBF59C67FB0AFE72" box="[1129,1272,378,399]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">3–4</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFA929C67FA7EFE72" box="[1294,1420,378,399]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">6</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3531349DFFF1001EFFE19C89FA7EFE57" box="[125,1420,404,426]" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFFE19C89FE2AFE57" box="[125,472,404,426]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FFE19C88FEF9FE57" box="[125,267,405,426]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. setiflagella</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FE929C89FE65FE54" author="Yamato, S" box="[270,407,404,425]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="80 - 95" refId="ref9284" refString="Yamato, S., 1988. Two new species of the genus Melita (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the brackish waters in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 33: 80 - 95." type="journal article" year="1988">Yamato, 1988</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFE6D9C89FC36FE57" box="[497,964,404,426]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">densely setose swollen not compressed</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFC4A9C89FBA5FE57" box="[982,1111,404,426]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">present</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFBF59C89FB0AFE57" box="[1129,1272,404,426]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">3</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFA929C89FA7EFE57" box="[1294,1420,404,426]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">6</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3531349DFFF1001EFFE19CB2FA7EFE38" box="[125,1420,431,453]" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<th id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFFE19CB2FE2AFE38" box="[125,472,431,453]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FFE19CADFF15FE38" authority="Appadoo & Myers, 2005" authorityName="Appadoo & Myers" authorityYear="2005" box="[125,231,432,453]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="corticis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FFE19CADFF15FE38" box="[125,231,432,453]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. corticis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24657B6FFF1FFE8FF729CB2FEEEFE39" box="[238,284,431,452]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" rank="species">n.sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFE6D9CB2FD89FE38" box="[497,635,431,453]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">weakly setose</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFD169CB2FC36FE38" box="[650,964,431,453]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">swollen not compressed</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFC4A9CB2FBA5FE38" box="[982,1111,431,453]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">present</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFBF59CB2FB0AFE38" box="[1129,1272,431,453]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E05DE1FFF1001EFA929CB2FA7EFE38" box="[1294,1420,431,453]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">4</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FF0B9CE8FD33FD24" blockId="9.[121,749,501,729]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
Female: length,
|
||
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|
||
(mature with eggs). Gnathopod 1 coxa subrectangular, 1.6× as long as broad; basis about three times as long as broad; carpus 1.3× length of propodus; propodus palm transverse, palmar margin with short setae; dactylus large at base and tapered at tip. Gnathopod 2, coxa 2× as long as broad; propodus subrectangular, 1.3× length of carpus with stout setae and slender setae on palm. Pereopod 6, coxa with a large hook-like anterior lobe.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31B6554FFF1FFE8FFE59FEBFB7DFD99" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FFE59FEBFE50FC05" blockId="9.[121,749,758,1955]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FFE59FEBFF12FCF3" bold="true" box="[121,224,758,782]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
. The present material falls into the group of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FD3B9FEBFD1EFCF0" authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1814" box="[679,748,758,781]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FD3B9FEBFD1EFCF0" box="[679,748,758,781]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
that lacks a second article on the outer ramus of uropod 3 (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FF359E2CFE8EFCB5" author="Ledoyer, M" box="[169,380,817,840]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 598" refId="ref9056" refString="Ledoyer, M., 1982. Crustaces Amphipodes Gammaridiens famille des Acanthonotozomatidae a Gammaridae. Faune de Madagascar 59 (1): 1 - 598." type="journal article" year="1982">Ledoyer, 1982: 568</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). It resembles
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FD8F9E2CFD63FCB5" box="[531,657,817,840]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. pahuwai</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FD0A9E2CFF33FC98" author="Barnard, J" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 286" refId="ref8676" refString="Barnard, J. L., 1970. Sublittoral gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 34: 1 - 286." type="journal article" year="1970">Barnard (1970)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
from Hawaii in having only one robust seta instead of
|
||
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|
||
the inner face of male gnathopod 1 propodus; in having the robust setae on the palmar margin of the female gnathopod 2 shorter than the inner facial robust setae rather than vice-versa and in lacking robust setae on the proximal outer margins of the telson.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FF0B9EE3FDE9FBAD" blockId="9.[121,749,758,1955]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
|
||
It appears to be particularly closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FD399EE3FE77FBCE" authority="Stebbing, 1904" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FD399EE3FF2FFBCE" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FF7E9901FE77FBCE" author="Stebbing, T" box="[226,389,1052,1075]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref9199" refString="Stebbing, T. R. R., 1904. Gregarious Crustacea from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 2: 1 - 29." type="journal article" year="1904">Stebbing, 1904</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FE129901FD97FBCE" box="[398,613,1052,1075]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FE129901FDE6FBCE" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[398,532,1052,1075]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">M. zeylanica</taxonomicName>
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kauerti
|
||
</emphasis>
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J.L.
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<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FD0A9901FF5DFBAD" author="Barnard, J" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 327" refId="ref8705" refString="Barnard, J. L., 1972. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 103: 1 - 327." type="journal article" year="1972">Barnard 1972</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FF789924FE72FBAD" box="[228,384,1081,1104]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. setiflagella</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FE189924FDE5FBAD" author="Yamato, S" box="[388,535,1081,1104]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="80 - 95" refId="ref9284" refString="Yamato, S., 1988. Two new species of the genus Melita (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the brackish waters in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 33: 80 - 95." type="journal article" year="1988">Yamato 1988</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FF0B994BFE5AFAC6" blockId="9.[121,749,758,1955]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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It can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FE76994BFD7DFB90" box="[490,655,1110,1133]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. setiflagella</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FD04994BFF32FB76" author="Yamato, S" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="80 - 95" refId="ref9284" refString="Yamato, S., 1988. Two new species of the genus Melita (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the brackish waters in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 33: 80 - 95." type="journal article" year="1988">Yamato (1988)</bibRefCitation>
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by the well-developed circular eyes (smaller, slightly reniform eyes in
|
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FEAF998CFE22FB55" box="[307,464,1169,1192]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. setiflagella</emphasis>
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) by antenna 2 peduncular articles 5 and 4 being subequal (peduncular article 5 shorter than
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FF6D99D1FE69FB1E" box="[241,411,1228,1251]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. setiflagella</emphasis>
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) by antenna 2 being poorly setiferous and 8-articulate (densely setiferous and 15- articulate in
|
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FE98981BFE50FAE0" box="[260,418,1286,1309]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. setiflagella</emphasis>
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), and by female coxa 6 being without scale-like denticles.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FF0B985CFF2BF945" blockId="9.[121,749,758,1955]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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It differs from
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FEA7985CFE1CFAA5" box="[315,494,1345,1368]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FE6A985CFD55FAA5" author="Stebbing, T" box="[502,679,1345,1368]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref9199" refString="Stebbing, T. R. R., 1904. Gregarious Crustacea from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 2: 1 - 29." type="journal article" year="1904">Stebbing (1904)</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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in the presence of an anterodistal bulge near the base of the dactylus in the male gnathopod, in the non-compressed carpus of the gnathopod
|
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females, and in the presence of a robust basofacial seta on the peduncle of uropod 1, the latter feature, however, may have been overlooked by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FFE598ECFED9F9F5" author="Stebbing, T" box="[121,299,1521,1544]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref9199" refString="Stebbing, T. R. R., 1904. Gregarious Crustacea from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 2: 1 - 29." type="journal article" year="1904">Stebbing (1904)</bibRefCitation>
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. Unlike
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FE1B98ECFF1FF9D8" authority="Barnard (1972: 235" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1972" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="zeylanica" subSpecies="kauerti">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FE1B98ECFD7DF9F5" box="[391,655,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica kauerti</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FD0A98ECFF1FF9D8" author="Barnard, J" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 327" refId="ref8705" refString="Barnard, J. L., 1972. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 103: 1 - 327." type="journal article" year="1972">Barnard (1972: 235</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, fig. 139–140) it has 2 (rather than 3) dorsolateral robust setae on urosomite 2 and one (rather than four) robust seta in the apex of the inner ramus of uropod 3.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FD0A9B54FF33F980" author="Barnard, J" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 327" refId="ref8705" refString="Barnard, J. L., 1972. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 103: 1 - 327." type="journal article" year="1972">Barnard (1972)</bibRefCitation>
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notes that Sri Lankan material of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FDA59B7BFD1EF980" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[569,748,1638,1661]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FDA59B7BFD1EF980" box="[569,748,1638,1661]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
has one robust seta on uropod 3 inner ramus as in present material.
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FF0B9BA3FD50F85E" blockId="9.[121,749,758,1955]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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These four species form a group of related forms. The current material compares most closely with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FDDF9BC1FF30F8ED" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1972" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="zeylanica" subSpecies="kauerti">
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||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FDDF9BC1FF30F8ED" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica kauerti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
but that species is closer to
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FE7D9BE4FD87F8ED" box="[481,629,1785,1808]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">M. setiflagella</emphasis>
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than it is to the present material. Also
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FE089A0BFD6CF8D0" authorityName="Barnard" authorityYear="1972" box="[404,670,1814,1837]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="zeylanica" subSpecies="kauerti">
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FE089A0BFD6CF8D0" box="[404,670,1814,1837]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica kauerti</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs more from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C014D5CFFF1FFE8FF699A29FE5BF8B6" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[245,425,1844,1867]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
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||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FF699A29FE5BF8B6" box="[245,425,1844,1867]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Melita zeylanica</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
than it does from the present material. This material is considered to represent a new species that can be distinguished from its close congeners by the combination of characters shown in
|
||
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FFE59AAAFF23F832" bold="true" box="[121,209,1975,1999]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Habitat</emphasis>
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||
. Known only from Le Bouchon at depths of less than
|
||
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<quantity id="4CF99B3AFFF1FFE8FCCC9CE8FC8CFDF1" box="[848,894,501,524]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" unit="m" value="1.0">1 m</quantity>
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||
.
|
||
</specimenCount>
|
||
The site is characterized by low salinity, greenalgal growth and some estuarine conditions, which is in agreement with the general occurrence of the genus in brackish waters (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF904B2EFFF1FFE8FC4C9F50FB70FD99" author="Bousfield, E" box="[976,1154,589,612]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" refId="ref8873" refString="Bousfield, E. L., 1973. Shallow-water Gammaridean Amphipod of New England, 312 pp. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press." type="book" year="1973">Bousfield, 1973</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C31B6554FFF1FFE8FC869F64FB4FFD6D" box="[794,1213,633,657]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FC869F64FB4FFD6D" blockId="9.[794,1213,633,657]" box="[794,1213,633,657]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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||
<materialsCitation id="3B693C82FFF1FFE8FC869F64FB4BFD6D" box="[794,1209,633,657]" collectorName="Le Bouchon" country="Mauritius" location="Mauritius" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
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||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FC869F64FC5CFD6C" bold="true" box="[794,942,633,657]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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||
<typeStatus id="54BA887DFFF1FFE8FC869F64FCA1FD6C" box="[794,851,633,657]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Type</typeStatus>
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locality
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||
</emphasis>
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.
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||
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,
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</materialsCitation>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C31B6554FFF1FFE8FC869FB8FBD6FD40" box="[794,1060,677,701]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FC869FB8FBD6FD40" blockId="9.[794,1060,677,701]" box="[794,1060,677,701]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FC869FB8FC54FD40" bold="true" box="[794,934,677,701]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Distribution</emphasis>
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.
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<collectingCountry id="F316764FFFF1FFE8FC2F9FBBFBD2FD40" box="[947,1056,678,701]" name="Mauritius" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Mauritius</collectingCountry>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31B6554FFF1FFE8FC869FCFFB2EFCFB" pageId="9" pageNumber="230" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BBE36DFFFF1FFE8FC869FCFFB2EFCFB" blockId="9.[794,1421,722,774]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">
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<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FC869FCFFC6BFD17" bold="true" box="[794,921,722,746]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">Etymology</emphasis>
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||
. From the Latin
|
||
<emphasis id="B975EACDFFF1FFE8FBF89FCFFB5BFD14" box="[1124,1193,722,745]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">cortex</emphasis>
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||
meaning a cork, in reference to the name of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BA887DFFF1FFE8FBCC9FF2FB8CFCFB" box="[1104,1150,751,774]" pageId="9" pageNumber="230">type</typeStatus>
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locality.
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||
</paragraph>
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