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Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Maeridae and Melitidae

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Cork, Ireland.
Crustacea Amphipoda taxonomy new species Maeridae Melitidae Palau Micronesia

Abstract

Seven species of senticaudate amphipods belonging to the families Maeridae and Melitidae are recorded from Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and are figured. Three species are new to science and are fully described and figured.

 

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