Melitapanda, a new species of Melitidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Japan.

ABSTRACT: A new intertidal species of the melitid amphipod, Melitapanda, from the Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is identified and described. Melitapanda sp. nov. differs from the similar M.koreana and M.nagatai by its black-and-white body color, well-developed anterodistal projection of the male gnathopod 1 propodus, and telson armature. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the nuclear 28S rRNA and mitochondrial COI genes support that M.panda sp. nov. is closely related to M.koreana and M.nagatai.

SUBMITTER: Tomikawa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439097 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature