Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984

Peart, R. A. & Hughes, L. E., 2013, Ampithoid amphipods from the South Pacific: Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (13 - 14), pp. 739-861 : 829-833

Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984

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Exampithoe (Melanesius) cooki Ledoyer, 1984, p. 24 , fig. 10. Poore and Lowry, 1997, p. 901. Lowry, 2007, p. 282 (checklist).

Melanesius cooki Myers and Lowry, 2003, p. 467 .

Type locality

Ilot Maitre , New Caledonia (22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S, 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E) .

Material examined

New Caledonia: Male, 5 mm, dissected, four slides, AM P.84592, Off Ilot Maitre (22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S, 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E), 20 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. , 7 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-37); female, 5 mm, dissected, one slide, AM P.84593, Off Ilot Maitre (22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S, 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E), 20 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. , 7 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-37); six specimens, AM P.84594, Off Ilot Maitre (22 ◦ 20.57 ′ S, 166 ◦ 25.43 ′ E), 20 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. , 7 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-37).

Remarks

This is the first record of Exampithoe cooki Ledoyer, 1984 since its original description from New Caledonia.

Distribution

New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984; current study).

Figures

Figure 67. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592; female, 5 mm, AM P.84593, New Caledonia.

Figure 68. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592; female, 5 mm, AM P.84593, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm.

Figure 69. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592; female, 5 mm, AM P.84593, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm.

Figure 70. Melanesius cooki Ledoyer, 1984 male, 5 mm, AM P.84592, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm.