Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). II. Genera Quasimelita Jarrett &amp; Bousfield, 1996 and Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934

VJACHESLAV S. LABAY

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.3

Issue: Vol. 3869 No. 3: 1 Oct. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-10-01

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.3

Page range: 237–280

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Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). II. Genera Quasimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 and Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934

VJACHESLAV S. LABAY⁺⁻

Sakhalin Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries & Oceanography (SakhNIRO), Komsomolskaya St., 196, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023, Russia.

new species taxonomy cladistic analysis North Pacific

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Abstract

Based on new material, three new species of the genus Quasimelita are described: Q. tolyza sp. nov., Q. jarettii sp. nov. and Q. serraticoxae sp. nov. from northern shelf of Sakhalin Island and contiguous area. The new species of the genus Melitoides, M. kawaii sp. nov. is described from north-east shelf of Sakhalin Island. Keys to the world species of genera Quasimelita and Melitoides are provided. Cladistic analysis of morphological relationships within genera Quasimelita and Melitoides are implemented.