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G.
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(
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,
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<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFFFB4080BDBFB9CFECFD8E3" ID-CoL="3ZK4P" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[151,327,1145,1168]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="723" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
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. ––
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, figs 98–99.
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G.
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.
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locality.
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,
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Based on male,
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, AM P55295.
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lateral cephalic lobe broad, apically rounded; eyes well developed, ovate; anteroventral margin without notch or slit, slightly recessed, anteroventral corner rounded.
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longer than antenna 2; peduncular article 1 shorter than article 2, with 3 robust setae along posterior margin; peduncular article 2 longer than article 3; accessory flagellum minute with 2 articles; flagellum with 11 articles.
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not strongly setose; peduncular article 4 subequal to article 5; flagellum with 6 articles.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFFB4080F3BF9D9FB6FDA26" box="[1143,1255,1596,1621]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="723">Mandible</emphasis>
molar medium size; accessory setal row well developed; palp well developed, 3-articulate; article 1 about as long as broad, not produced distally; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 well developed, slightly tapering distally, with setae mostly terminal.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFFB4080AEBF955FD93DABA" box="[423,539,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="723">Maxilla 1</emphasis>
inner plate long, subrectangular, with mainly apical setae.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFFB4080FAFF955FADFDABA" box="[1251,1367,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="723">Maxilla 2</emphasis>
inner plate without oblique setal row on inner face, without marginal setal row.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFFB4080F42F932FB09DA83" box="[1038,1153,1751,1776]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="723">Lower lip</emphasis>
inner lobes vestigial or absent.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFFB4080BBCF918FEE7DB65" box="[240,367,1789,1814]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="723">Maxilliped</emphasis>
palp article 3, about as long as broad.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFFB4080B8AF8C6FEADDB4E" bold="true" box="[198,293,1827,1853]" pageId="5" pageNumber="723">Pereon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFFB4080A7FF8C1FE5CDB4E" box="[307,468,1828,1853]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="723">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
sexually dimorphic; coxa anteroventral corner not produced, anterior margin straight; merus without posterodistal tooth; carpus about 2 x as long as broad, longer (1.3x) than propodus; propodus without hump along anterior margin, anterodistal projection forming rounded hood over dactylus, palm obtuse, convex, entire, without narrow anterodistal projection near base of dactylus, posterodistal margin not swollen, palm defined by posterodistal corner, corner with posterodistal robust setae; dactylus articulating distinctly with propodus, fitting palm, posterior margin swollen at base.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050FBFFF7DFA14DCC2" box="[1267,1436,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
significantly enlarged in male, not in female; sexually dimorphic (size, not shape); subchelate; carpus short, length 1.1 x breadth, not lobate, not enclosed by merus and propodus; merus with subquadrate distoventral corner; propodus without strong concentration of setae, without medial depression, without medial pad, palm acute in male and female, with well defined corner, slightly convex, lined with robust setae, without posteroventral corner, without posterodistal robust setae; dactylus closing along palm, with 1 or 2 setae on anterior margin.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050A2CFE65FD9BDDEA" box="[352,531,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pereopods 5–6</emphasis>
basis posterior margin minutely castellate.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050F53FE65FB21DDEA" box="[1055,1193,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pereopod 4</emphasis>
coxa posteroventral lobe absent, posterior margin concave.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050938FE42FD77DDB3" box="[628,767,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pereopod 5</emphasis>
basis proximally expanded, tapering distally; posterior margin convex, posteroventral corner broadly rounded; carpus and propodus with few (or none) long, slender setae along anterior margin.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050AA9FE11FDE4DE7E" box="[485,620,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pereopod 6</emphasis>
coxa slightly produced, rounded; basis convex, posteroventral corner broadly rounded.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050A26FDFFFE7BDE40" box="[362,499,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pereopod 7</emphasis>
basis posterior margin convex, with posterior margin minutely castelloserrate, evenly rounded posteriorly, produced posterodistally (lobate), posterodistal corner broadly rounded.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFFCB40B0BDBF84AFF58DB9A" blockId="6.[151,1436,1967,2025]" pageId="6" pageNumber="724">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFCB40B0BDBF84AFE9BDBB4" bold="true" box="[151,275,1967,1991]" pageId="6" pageNumber="724">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFCB40B0A6EF84AFE3FDBB5" box="[290,439,1967,1990]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="724">Melita myersi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFFCB40B0AF2F84AFDEFDBB5" author="Karaman, G. S." box="[446,615,1967,1990]" pageId="6" pageNumber="724" pagination="19 - 35" refId="ref7273" refString="Karaman, G. S. (1987) A new species of the genus Melita Leach (fam. Melitidae) from Bermuda and Fiji Islands. Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 173. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Belgrade, Series B, 42, 19 - 35." type="journal article" year="1987">Karaman, 1987</bibRefCitation>
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, male, 4.4 mm, AM P55295, Mangrove Beach, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFFDB40A0BDBF844FE77DBAD" blockId="7.[151,1436,1953,2014]" pageId="7" pageNumber="725">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFDB40A0BDBF844FE9ADBCA" bold="true" box="[151,274,1953,1977]" pageId="7" pageNumber="725">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFFDB40A0A53F847FDE8DBCB" authority="Karaman, 1987" authorityName="G. Karaman" authorityYear="1987" box="[287,608,1953,1977]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="725" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myersi">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFFDB40A0A53F847FE3BDBCA" box="[287,435,1954,1977]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="725">Melita myersi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFFDB40A0AF5F844FDE8DBCB" author="Karaman, G. S." box="[441,608,1953,1976]" pageId="7" pageNumber="725" pagination="19 - 35" refId="ref7273" refString="Karaman, G. S. (1987) A new species of the genus Melita Leach (fam. Melitidae) from Bermuda and Fiji Islands. Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 173. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Belgrade, Series B, 42, 19 - 35." type="journal article" year="1987">Karaman, 1987</bibRefCitation>
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, male, 4.4 mm, AM P55295, female, 3.9 mm, AM P55296, Mangrove Beach, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AFD82FD45DFC4" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050B8AFD82FE9BDEF2" bold="true" box="[198,275,615,641]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pleon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050A51FD8DFE48DEF2" box="[285,448,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pleonites 1–3</emphasis>
without dorsal spines or setae.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050872FD8DFC71DEF2" box="[830,1017,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Urosomites 1–3</emphasis>
without dorsal spines.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050E5DFD8DFA14DEF2" box="[1297,1436,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Epimeron 1</emphasis>
anteroventral corner rounded, posteroventral corner with small acute or subacute spine.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050E44FD6AFA14DEDB" box="[1288,1436,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Epimeron 2</emphasis>
posteroventral corner acute.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050AA8FD50FDE4DEBD" box="[484,620,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Epimeron 3</emphasis>
ventral margin smooth, posteroventral corner with strongly produced acute spine, posteroventral margin smooth.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B40509E8FD39FCB0DE86" box="[676,824,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Urosomite 2</emphasis>
with 2 groups of 2 small dorsolateral robust setae.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050BDBFCE7FEA5DF68" box="[151,301,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Urosomite 3</emphasis>
without dorsal setae.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050977FCE7FD38DF68" box="[571,688,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Uropod 1</emphasis>
peduncle with basofacial robust seta.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050FC9FCE7FB72DF68" box="[1157,1274,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Uropod 3</emphasis>
rami distally truncated; inner ramus scale-like, much shorter than outer ramus; outer ramus very long, length 5 x breadth, much longer (about 2.5 x) than peduncle, 1-articulate.
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B405087DFCB5FCF6DF1A" authorityName="Pearse" authorityYear="1952" box="[817,894,848,873]" class="Hexanauplia" family="Telsidae" genus="Telson" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cyclopoida" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B405087DFCB5FCF6DF1A" box="[817,894,848,873]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Telson</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cleft, as long as broad, lobes apically acute, without dorsal robust setae, each lobe with 3 apical/subapical long, robust setae, apical/subapical with robust setae on inner margins, absent on outer margins.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AFC26FBF6D858" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050B8AFC26FEA9DFAE" bold="true" box="[198,289,963,989]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Female</emphasis>
(sexually dimorphic characters). Based on a female,
<quantity id="BC529B17FFF2B40508C7FC21FC6FDFAD" box="[907,999,964,990]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" unit="mm" value="3.9">3.9 mm</quantity>
, AM P55296.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050FC3FC21FAA1DFAE" box="[1167,1321,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
propodus without anterodistal hood.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050A83FC0FFDE1D870" box="[463,617,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
carpus long, length 1.5 x breadth; propodus palm smooth.
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050E59FC0FFA14D870" box="[1301,1436,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Pereopod 6</emphasis>
coxa anterior lobe ventral margin strongly produced, curved posteriorly and rounded.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AFBD2FC89D821" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" box="[198,769,1079,1106]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050B8AFBD2FEA6D822" bold="true" box="[198,302,1079,1105]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Habitat.</emphasis>
Marine or estuarine among mangroves.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="33B06579FFF2B4050B8AFBBBFA0FDA1C" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AFBBBFAA5D8EC" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050B8AFBBBFEB7D80B" bold="true" box="[198,319,1118,1144]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFF2B4050A0BFBBBFD80D80B" author="Karaman, G. S." box="[327,520,1118,1144]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" pagination="19 - 35" refId="ref7273" refString="Karaman, G. S. (1987) A new species of the genus Melita Leach (fam. Melitidae) from Bermuda and Fiji Islands. Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 173. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Belgrade, Series B, 42, 19 - 35." type="journal article" year="1987">Karaman (1987)</bibRefCitation>
recognized that
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFF2B4050981FBBBFCE7D80B" author="Myers, A. A." box="[717,879,1118,1144]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" pagination="1 - 143" refId="ref7680" refString="Myers, A. A. (1985) Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 5, 1 - 143." type="journal article" year="1985">Myers (1985)</bibRefCitation>
had actually described a new species which he mistakenly called
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B4050A20FB60FD31D8EC" authority="Stebbing, 1904" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[364,697,1157,1183]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050A20FB60FD8AD8ED" box="[364,514,1157,1182]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">M. zeylanica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFF2B4050945FB60FD31D8EC" author="Stebbing, T. R. R." box="[521,697,1157,1183]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" pagination="1 - 29" refId="ref7822" refString="Stebbing, T. R. R. (1904) Gregarious Crustacea from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, 2, 1 - 29, pls 21 - 26." type="journal article" year="1904">Stebbing, 1904</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and assigned the new name,
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B4050F54FB60FB05D8ED" authorityName="G. Karaman" authorityYear="1987" box="[1048,1165,1157,1182]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myersi">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050F54FB60FB05D8ED" box="[1048,1165,1157,1182]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">M. myersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to the taxon.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AFB49FF64D9F4" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
The mouthparts of
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B4050AE6FB49FDA8D8B6" authorityName="G. Karaman" authorityYear="1987" box="[426,544,1196,1221]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myersi">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050AE6FB49FDA8D8B6" box="[426,544,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">M. myersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are illustrated here for the first time. We examined a number of specimens from
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and found a range of articles (11 to 23) on the flagellum of antenna 2. The original illustration (
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFF2B4050BD3FB1CFEB8D960" author="Myers, A. A." box="[159,304,1273,1299]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" pagination="1 - 143" refId="ref7680" refString="Myers, A. A. (1985) Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 5, 1 - 143." type="journal article" year="1985">Myers 1985</bibRefCitation>
) of the anterodistal hood on the propodus of the male gnathopod 1 is not convincing unless the medial suture is not drawn. However
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFF2B405092BFAC5FC86D949" author="Myers, A. A." box="[615,782,1312,1338]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" pagination="1 - 143" refId="ref7680" refString="Myers, A. A. (1985) Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 5, 1 - 143." type="journal article" year="1985">Myers (1985)</bibRefCitation>
states that his specimens have the aberrant 'melitoid' gnathopod 1 of
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B4050A02FAA2FE6BD913" authorityName="Stebbing" authorityYear="1904" box="[334,483,1351,1376]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zeylanica">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050A02FAA2FE6BD913" box="[334,483,1351,1376]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">M. zeylanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Urosomite 2 has 4 small robust setae in two bundles, not 3 as indicated in
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFF2B4050E1DFAA3FF60D9F4" author="Myers, A. A." pageId="8" pageNumber="726" pagination="1 - 143" refId="ref7680" refString="Myers, A. A. (1985) Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 5, 1 - 143." type="journal article" year="1985">Myers (1985)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AFA71FCFFD9A7" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
Based on this evidence we are reporting specimens of this species from the same and similar habitats in
<collectingCountry id="03BD7662FFF2B4050BDBFA5FFEC5D9A7" box="[151,333,1466,1492]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
and at Lizard Island in north-eastern
<collectingCountry id="03BD7662FFF2B4050848FA5FFCFBD9A7" box="[772,883,1466,1492]" name="Australia" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Australia</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AFA04FA0FDA1C" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B4050B8AFA04FEE5D989" authorityName="G. Karaman" authorityYear="1987" box="[198,365,1505,1530]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myersi">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050B8AFA04FEE5D989" box="[198,365,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Melita myersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be most similar to
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B40509BDFA04FB32D988" authority="Stephensen, 1944" authorityName="Stephensen" authorityYear="1944" box="[753,1210,1505,1531]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laevidorsum">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B40509BDFA04FC53D989" box="[753,987,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Melita laevidorsum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1F3B4B03FFF2B40508ABFA04FB32D988" author="Stephensen, K." box="[999,1210,1505,1531]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" pagination="25 - 88" refId="ref7852" refString="Stephensen, K. (1944) Some Japanese amphipods. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 108, 25 - 88." type="journal article" year="1944">Stephensen, 1944</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="03BD7662FFF2B4050E40FA04FADAD988" box="[1292,1362,1505,1531]" name="Japan" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Japan</collectingCountry>
. Both species have the anterodistal hood on the propodus of male gnathopod 1, the dactylus of male gnathopod 2 closing along the palm and the coxa of pereopod 4 without a posterodistal lobe.
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B4050F11F9CAFACEDA3B" authorityName="Stephensen" authorityYear="1944" box="[1117,1350,1583,1608]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laevidorsum">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050F11F9CAFACEDA3B" box="[1117,1350,1583,1608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Melita laevidorsum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="BCAA4D71FFF2B4050B9BF9B0FEC4DA1D" authorityName="G. Karaman" authorityYear="1987" box="[215,332,1621,1646]" class="Malacostraca" family="Melitidae" genus="Melita" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myersi">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050B9BF9B0FEC4DA1D" box="[215,332,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">M. myersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a better developed accessory flagellum and less expanded bases on pereopod 5–7.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="33B06579FFF2B4050B8AF99EFDD8DACF" pageId="8" pageNumber="726" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="7B1536F2FFF2B4050B8AF99EFDD8DACF" blockId="8.[151,1437,152,1724]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050B8AF99EFEEFDAE6" bold="true" box="[198,359,1659,1685]" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Distribution.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B4050A3CF999FE55DAE6" box="[368,477,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<collectingCountry id="03BD7662FFF2B4050A3CF999FE55DAE6" box="[368,477,1660,1685]" name="Australia" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Australia</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
. Lizard Island (current study).
<emphasis id="49DEEAE0FFF2B405081AF999FC08DAE6" box="[854,896,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">
<collectingCountry id="03BD7662FFF2B405081AF999FC08DAE6" box="[854,896,1660,1685]" name="Fiji" pageId="8" pageNumber="726">Fiji</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
. Suva and Lucala Island (
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).
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. Poé Plage (current study).
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