Mallacoota schellenbergi Ledoyer, 1984

Appadoo, Chandani, Myers, Alan A. & Fagoonee, Indur, 2002, The genus Mallacoota (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae) from Mauritius, with description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 36 (7), pp. 767-796 : 776

Mallacoota schellenbergi Ledoyer

(®gures 6±9)

Mallacoota schellenbergi Ledoyer, 1984: 69 , ®gure 63.

Mallacoota subcarinata: Appadoo and Steele, 1998: 639 .

Material examined

1, 1 from Acanthophora spicifera ; 1, three juv. from Padina sp. and Gracilaria salicornia ; 3, 1, nine juv. from Gracilaria salicornia ; 5, 3, seven juv. from mixture of Ulva reticulata , Gracilaria millardetii, Souillac , 3 February 1998. 1 from Ulva lactuca and Ulva reticulata, Le Bouchon , 16 May 1998. 3, 1, two juv. from Acanthophora spicifera, Souillac , 13 August 1998. 9, 10 and 10 juv. from Jania adherens and Boodlea composita (Harvey) Brand; 10, 31 and three juv. from Jania adherens and Boodlea composita (Harvey) Brand, Bain Boeuf, 28 August 1998. 1, 10 juv. from Enteromorpha X exuosa and Ulva lactuca, Le Bouchon , 27 October 1998. 1 from Padina sp. ; 7, 10 from Eucheuma sp. ; 1 from Gracilaria salicornia, Souillac , 27 October 1998. 1 from Gracilaria salicornia and Gracilaria millardetii, RivieÁre des Galets , 27 October 1998. 1, 1 from Centroceras clavulatum ; 25, 70, 37 juv. from Acanthophora spicifera, Souillac , 10 November 1998.

1 from Gracilaria salicornia , 25 March 1999. 1, 2, nine juv. from mixture of Digenia simplex , Gracilaria salicornia and Gelidiella acerosa, Souillac , 8 April 1999. 1, two juv. from Caulerpa racemosa (Forskal) J. Agardh , Digenia simplex and Jania adherens, Roches Noire , 9 April 1999. 1, 1 from Pocockiella variegata (Lamouroux) Papenfuss and Sargassum sp. , Bain Boeuf, 16 June 1999. 1 from Sargassum densifolium, RivieÁre des Galets , 17 June 1999. 2, 5, six juv., Sargassum sp. , La Cuvette, 12 October 1999. 4, 5 from Halodule uninervis (Forskal) Ascherson and Ulva lactuca and mangrove ( Rhizophora sp. ) roots, Poste La Fayette, 15 October 1999. 2, two juv. from mixture of Digenia simplex and Sargassum densifolium, RivieÁre des Galets , 16 November 1999. 1, 5 from mixture of Padina sp. , Sargassum densifolium , Pocockiella variegata, Bain Boeuf , 13 December 1999. 12, 21, ®ve juv. from Ulva lactuca, Le Bouchon , 15 December 1999. 2, 2, two juv. from Ulva reticulata ,