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Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-13
Page range: 1–31
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Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Chagos Archipelago

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland.
Crustacea Amphipoda taxonomy new species Maeridae Ampithoidae Photidae Leucothoidae Ampeliscidae Iphimediidae Dexaminidae Eusiridae Liljeborgiidae Chagos Indian Ocean

Abstract

Thirteen species of amphipods are recorded from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Of these, six species are new to science. A further four families (and four species) are represented, but were too incomplete to identify.