WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Melita megacheles Giles, 1885) Giles G.M. (1885b). Natural history notes from H.M.'s Indian marine survey steamer "Investigator" , commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N. commanding. N° 2. Description of a new species of the amphipod genus Melita from the Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 54, pp. 69-71;pl. 3. [details]
original description
(of Eurystheus hirsutus Giles, 1888) Giles, G. M. (1888). XV.—Natural History Notes from H.M.'s Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator', Commander ALFRED CARPENTER, R.N., Commanding, 6. On Six new Amphipods from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 56 (2/2): 212–229., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35711206 [details]
basis of record
Barnard, K. H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 43: 1-107., available online at https://ia800308.us.archive.org/19/items/annalsofsouthafr4319sout/annalsofsouthafr4319sout.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Distribution Indo-Pacific (Griffiths, 1973). [details]
Remark Placed by Griffiths (1974) in the family Corophiidae, after a revision by J.L. Barnard (1972). [details]
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