Melitoides kawaii Labay, 2014, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Labay, Vjacheslav S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Melitidae; Melitoides; Melitoides kawaii; okhotsk sea; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5677659; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9317294369276CDA33BEB6D39F8FE

Melitoides kawaii sp. nov. Figures 24–29, 30 e Diagnosis . Pereon segments without dorsal teeth and denticles. Pleon segment 1 smooth; pleon 2–3 moderately mid-dorsally toothed or humped. Urosome segments 1 & 2 mid-dorsally toothed. Inferior antennal sinus shallow, cusp regressed. Eye small, indistinct, with a few ommatidia. Antenna 1 medium, peduncular segment 3 relatively short; accessory flagellum 4-segmented; flagellum short (22+ segments). Antenna 2, peduncle 3 short; flagellum longer than peduncle 5, 10-segmented. Telson lobes appearing fused basally, apices each with single short strong seta. Maxilla 2, inner plate, facial setae row not reduced, submarginal. Maxilliped, inner plate not exceeding the distal margin of palp segment 2. Coxae 2–4 deeper than broad. Pereopod 2 (male), propodus, anterior and posterior margins subparallel, palm nearly perpendicular, anterior margin of dactyl rarely setose. Pereopods 6–7 elongate. Pereopods 5–6, bases broad. Pereopod 7 base ralatively narrow, weakly broadened proximally. Pleon 3 rounded. Uropod 3, terminal segment of outer ramus small, shorter than associated setae, margins of first segment of outer ramus with 2–4 clusters of short setae. Female undescribed. Type material . Holotype male, 10 mm, 41811/Cr-1516, north-east shelf of Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk Sea, Far East of Russia (52°08'49"N, 143°53'88"E, 60 m), sand, V.Iu. Lalov, September 2012. Paratypes: 3 males, 41812/ Cr-1517 with same data as holotype. Type locality . north-east shelf of Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk Sea, Far East of Russia (52°08'49"N, 143°53'88"E, 60 m). Description . Male (10 mm). Medium size species. Vital body color unknown. Pereon segments without teeth and humps (Fig. 25 a, b, 30d). Pleon segment 1 without teeth and humps; pleon segments 2 & 3 with mid-dorsal tooth each. Urosome segments 1 & 2 with medial-dorsal tooth protruding vertically. Head: (Fig. 25 a, c) slightly shorter than pereonites 1 and 2 together with an indistinct rostrum; eyes small oval, light colored; inferior ...