Maeropsis paphavasitae and Rotomelita longipropoda, two new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Lower Gulf of Thailand

By

Wongkamhaeng, Koraon
Coleman, Charles Oliver
Pholpanthin, Pornsilp

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

307

Pages

15-33

Subjects

Amphipoda , Crustacea , Gulf of Thailand , Maeridae , Maeropsis paphavasitae , Melitidae , new species , Rotomelita longipropoda , seagrass bed , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.307.5273

 

Abstract

Two new species of maerid and melitid Amphipoda, Maeropsis paphavasitae and Rotomelita longipropoda, respectively, collected from a seagrassbed of the Lower Gulf of Thailand, are described. Maeropsis paphavasitae is characterized by it seven teeth on the palm of gnathopod 2 and R. longipropoda can be recognized by its long gnathopod 1 propodus. Their characters are described and illustrated. All specimens are deposited at Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand and the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.