Amphipoda from the South Pacific: the Society Islands

Elasmopus yucalpeten sp. n. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae) from the northern Yucatan coast, with a key for the genus in the Gulf of Mexico and biogeographic comments

“…n. is distinguished from the rest of the species in the genus by having the antenna 1 accessory flagellum two-articulated, mandibular palp article 3 weakly falcate, gnathopod 2 basis anterodistal margin with group of long robust setae, gnathopod 2 propodus palm with medial concave portion, uropod 1 peduncle with one or rarely two basofacial robust setae, and telson entire. An entire telson is only known in four other species of the genus, Elasmopus integer Myers, 1989, Elasmopus pseudinteger Appadoo & Myers, 2003, Elasmopus takamotus Myers, 1986, and Elasmopus visakhapatnamensis Kanakadurga, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1981. Of these species, E. yucalpeten sp.…”

Eusiridae

“…For example the morphology of gnathopods 1 and 2 is similar in both article relations and setation, however, the eyes of Schellenberg's material are much smaller compared to the material studied herein. Myers (1989) described T. pacifica from the Society Islands. It differs in the following small details from the animals examined herein: the rather rounded shaped telson and the uropod 3 that bears long slender setae on only one ramus (vs both rami).…”

The Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Madang Lagoon: Lysianassidae, Opisidae, Uristidae, Wandinidae and Stegocephalidae

“…Through the efforts of workers such as Pirlot (1933Pirlot ( , 1936, Schellenberg (1938), Birstein & Vinogradov (1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, J.L. Barnard (1965Barnard ( , 1970, Ledoyer (1972Ledoyer ( , 1973Ledoyer ( , 1978aLedoyer ( ,b, 1979aLedoyer ( ,b, 1984Ledoyer ( , 1986, Myers (1985Myers ( , 1986Myers ( , 1989Myers ( , 1990Myers ( , 1995 and Lowry & Stoddart (1990, 1992, a good foundation for the study of tropical Indo-West Pacific Amphipoda is in place. There are currently more than 1000 amphipod species known from this area.…”