Melphisana madagascarensis Ledoyer, 1984

Myers, A. A., 2014, Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Melphidippidae, Oedicerotidae, Photidae, Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Talitridae, Zootaxa 3811 (4), pp. 535-552 : 536

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.4.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E84066D1-B66A-40A5-A9EE-362BE174ECA3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5315124
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D14887B9-FFF6-A538-FF3A-FF19E8FAFF42
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Melphisana madagascarensis Ledoyer, 1984
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Melphisana madagascarensis Ledoyer, 1984 View in CoL

Melphisana View in CoL sp. Ledoyer, 1979b: 119, fig. 75.

Melphisana madagascarensis Ledoyer, 1984: 89 View in CoL , fig. 43.— Ledoyer, 1986: 822, fig. 321. — Coleman, 2009: 737 View Cited Treatment , figs 1, 2.

Material studied. 2 males, 1 juvenile ( OUMNH.ZC.2002.24.119) outside Risong channel, light trap sample, 15 m depth; 07°17.903'N, 134°28.544'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, night 25th –26th May 2002; 1 male, 1 female ( OUMNH.ZC.2002.24.120) Risong Cove, WWII wreck; light trap, 2m depth, sandy bottom; 07°17.987'N, 134°28.756'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 28th –29th May 2002.

Distribution. Madagascar (Ledoyer 1979 1986); New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984); Australia: Great Barrier Reef ( Coleman 2009); Palau (present study).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Amphipoda
Family	Melphidippidae
Genus	Melphisana

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Amphipoda
Family	Melphidippidae