<strong>A new species of <em>Tongorchestia</em> from Bora Bora in the leeward Society Islands (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) </strong>

J. K. LOWRY; ARUNDATHI BOPIAH

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.4

Issue: Vol. 3784 No. 3: 28 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-28

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.3.4

Page range: 251–258

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**A new species of Tongorchestia from Bora Bora in the leeward Society Islands (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae)**

J. K. LOWRY⁺⁻
ARUNDATHI BOPIAH⁺⁻

Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia.

Crustacea Amphipoda Talitridae Tongorchestia taxonomy new species Bora Bora

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Abstract

The new species Tongorchestia borabora sp. nov. is described from Vaitape in Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, Society Islands. This is the first talitrid amphipod reported from Bora Bora and the third species of Tongorchestia from the Western Pacific oceanic islands. Currently Tongorchestia is endemic to oceanic islands in the Western Pacific.