Australian Museum Journal Amphipoda from the South Pacific: the Society Islands
- Shortform:
- Myers, 1989, Rec. Aust. Mus. 41(1): 63–82
- Author(s):
- Myers, Alan A.
- Year published:
- 1989
- Title:
- Amphipoda from the South Pacific: the Society Islands
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 41
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 63
- End page:
- 82
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.41.1989.136
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 30 June 1989
- Cover date:
- 30 June 1989
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA; TAXONOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; OCEAN: PACIFIC
- Digitized:
- 21 October 2008
- Available online:
- 04 November 2008
- Reference number:
- 136
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (106kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1806kb PDF)
Abstract
Thirty two species of gammaridean Amphipoda are recorded from 0 to 1 m depth in the Society Islands. Six species in the genera Elasmopus, Maera, Cheiriphotis, Polynesoecetes n.gen. and Jassa are new to science and are described and figured. Based on the shallow-water Amphipoda, the Society Islands show their closest biogeographic relationship with Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia to the west.