Melitids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the genera Ceradocus and Mallacoota from Rodrigues Island (Indian Ocean)

Chandani Appadoo; Alan A. Myers

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.1

Melitids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the genera Ceradocus and Mallacoota from Rodrigues Island (Indian Ocean)

Chandani Appadoo
, Alan A. Myers

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The present work represents a pioneer study on the family Melitidae from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean. Taxonomic descriptions and drawings are given for four new species of melitids namely Ceradocus shoalsi sp. nov., C. cotonensis sp. nov., C. oliveri sp. nov. and Mallacoota magnimerus sp. nov. A key to the Ceradocus species of the Mascarene Islands is provided. Mallacoota insignis (Chevreux) is reported for the first time from Rodrigues. Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Pages (from-to)	1-22
Number of pages	22
Journal	Zootaxa
Issue number	1370
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.1
Publication status	Published - Apr 2006

Keywords

Amphipods
Rodrigues Island
Taxonomy

Access to Document

10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.1

Cite this

@article{44454039cc2a46d290fbc18a391ef87e,

title = "Melitids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the genera Ceradocus and Mallacoota from Rodrigues Island (Indian Ocean)",

abstract = "The present work represents a pioneer study on the family Melitidae from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean. Taxonomic descriptions and drawings are given for four new species of melitids namely Ceradocus shoalsi sp. nov., C. cotonensis sp. nov., C. oliveri sp. nov. and Mallacoota magnimerus sp. nov. A key to the Ceradocus species of the Mascarene Islands is provided. Mallacoota insignis (Chevreux) is reported for the first time from Rodrigues. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2006 Magnolia Press.",

keywords = "Amphipods, Rodrigues Island, Taxonomy",

author = "Chandani Appadoo and Myers, \{Alan A.\}",

year = "2006",

month = apr,

doi = "10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.1",

language = "English (Ireland)",

pages = "1--22",

journal = "Zootaxa",

issn = "1175-5326",

publisher = "Magnolia Press",

number = "1370",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Melitids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the genera Ceradocus and Mallacoota from Rodrigues Island (Indian Ocean)

AU - Appadoo, Chandani

AU - Myers, Alan A.

PY - 2006/4

Y1 - 2006/4

N2 - The present work represents a pioneer study on the family Melitidae from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean. Taxonomic descriptions and drawings are given for four new species of melitids namely Ceradocus shoalsi sp. nov., C. cotonensis sp. nov., C. oliveri sp. nov. and Mallacoota magnimerus sp. nov. A key to the Ceradocus species of the Mascarene Islands is provided. Mallacoota insignis (Chevreux) is reported for the first time from Rodrigues. Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press.

AB - The present work represents a pioneer study on the family Melitidae from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean. Taxonomic descriptions and drawings are given for four new species of melitids namely Ceradocus shoalsi sp. nov., C. cotonensis sp. nov., C. oliveri sp. nov. and Mallacoota magnimerus sp. nov. A key to the Ceradocus species of the Mascarene Islands is provided. Mallacoota insignis (Chevreux) is reported for the first time from Rodrigues. Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press.

KW - Amphipods

KW - Rodrigues Island

KW - Taxonomy

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d3167dfe-c57f-363f-9078-5f46ac97c8db/

U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.1

DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.1

M3 - Article

SN - 1175-5326

SP - 1

EP - 22

JO - Zootaxa

JF - Zootaxa

IS - 1370

ER -

Melitids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the genera Ceradocus and Mallacoota from Rodrigues Island (Indian Ocean)

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this