Ampithoid amphipods from the South Pacific: Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Abstract

This paper documents 13 known and seven new species of Ampithoidae from three South Pacific locations: Papua New Guinea; the Austral Isles, French Polynesia; and the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The new species Ampithoe ricaudyana, Ampithoe takeuchii, Cymadusa lituus, Cymadusa paradisaea, Plumithoe boulari, Sunamphitoe kanaka and Sunamphitoe tjiboui are described. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:590B4276-1DFA-40C1-B562-A7B5FC1E6A5C

Keywords:

• Amphipoda
• Ampithoidae
• South Pacific
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr Jim Lowry, Prof. Alan Myers and Dr James DarwinThomas who made material available for study. We are grateful to Helen Stoddart for curating specimens and Arundathi Bopiah for assistance with plate preparation.