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Amphipoda taxon details

Melita festiva (Chilton, 1885)

1696271  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1696271)

accepted
Species
Ledoyeromelita festiva (Chilton, 1885) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maera festiva Chilton, 1885 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Maera festiva Chilton, 1885) Chilton, C. (1885). Notes on a few Australian Edriophthalmata. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 1035-1044., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25527878 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note 2 specimens (2 micro slides), CMNZ, Sydney...  
Type material 2 specimens (2 micro slides), CMNZ, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia (catalogued but currently missing, Shaw & Poore, 2016: 32); 1 male, 1 female (wet specimens in alcohol), CMNZ 2015.149.154–155, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1884 (labelled as “cotypes”). [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilaş-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Melita festiva (Chilton, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1696271 on 2024-04-29
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original description  (of Maera festiva Chilton, 1885) Chilton, C. (1885). Notes on a few Australian Edriophthalmata. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 1035-1044., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25527878 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Chilton, C. (1916). Some Australian and New Zealand Gammaridae. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 48: 359-370. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

redescription Springthorpe, R. T. (2023). Melita lowryi, a new species of Melitidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from New Zealand, and the redescription of Melita festiva (Chilton, 1885) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(4): 547-558., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1892 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference  (of Maera festiva Chilton, 1885) Labay, V. S. (2016). Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). III. Genera Abludomelita Karaman, 1981 and Melita Leach, 1814. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4156(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4156.1.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference  (of Ledoyeromelita festiva (Chilton, 1885)) Springthorpe, R. T. (2023). Melita lowryi, a new species of Melitidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from New Zealand, and the redescription of Melita festiva (Chilton, 1885) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(4): 547-558., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1892 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Type material 2 specimens (2 micro slides), CMNZ, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia (catalogued but currently missing, Shaw & Poore, 2016: 32); 1 male, 1 female (wet specimens in alcohol), CMNZ 2015.149.154–155, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1884 (labelled as “cotypes”). [details]
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