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Abstract
A collection of 32 amphipod species from submarine cave habitats and control sites to the east of Hong Kong Island was made during a joint NHM/SWIMS expedition in October 2002. Three families (Caprellidae, Endevouridae and Kamakidae), nine genera (Monoliropus, Caprella, Paraloiloi, Leptocheirus, Microjassa, Cerapus, Listriella, Ensayara and Birubius) and 12 species (Monoliropus concavimanus sp. nov.; Caprella aff. penantis; Elasmopus sp. A; Ptilohyale aff. barbicornis; Cerapus sp. A; Paraloiloi sp. A; Ensayara bifurcata sp. nov.; Birubius nauarchuncus sp. nov.; Podocerus cluspiclunis sp. nov.; Megaluropus sp. A; Urothoe sp. A (aff. cuspis); and Urothoe aff. spinidigitus) can be added to the amphipod checklist for the South China Sea area.
Acknowledgements
I would particularly like to thank Roger Bamber and Brian Morton for inviting me to join the expedition; Roni Robbins, for all her hard work in organising samples; Paul Clark, Nick Evans and the rest of the diving team for collecting the samples; and everyone else who took part for making the expedition so enjoyable. A special thank you goes to Mike Thurston for comments on this manuscript. This work was sponsored by BP as part of the Deep‐Sea Biodiversity Research Fellowship.
