A new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda: Hadzioidea: Melitidae) from Patos Lagoon, southern Brazil

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André R. Senna¹  Rayane Sorrentino¹  Angelina N. S. Machado¹  Paula Torrent¹ 

[1] ,Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda Curso de Ciências Biológicas Volta Redonda Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil

关键词: Amphipod;    melitid;    Rio Grande do Sul;    taxonomy;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-64972012000200005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A new species of the family Melitidae Bousfield, 1973, Melita petronioi sp. nov., is described with material collected from Patos Lagoon, coast of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. The new species is the unique species of Melita Leach, 1814 in Brazilian waters with urosomites 1 and 2 lacking spines, but urosomite 2 bearing two sets of dorsal stout setae, and the uropod 3 with the outer ramus 2-articulate. It is the first Melita species recorded to the southern region of the country.

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