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Issue: Vol. 2260 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.35
Page range: 708–712
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 19

Megaluropidae

Crustacea section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Crustacea Amphipoda Megaluropidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Gibberosus udarus

Abstract

This is the first record of the family Megaluropidae in Australian waters. Gibberosus udarus sp. nov. is described here from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef.

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