Species Melita festiva (Chilton, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Maera festiva Chilton, C. 1885. Notes on a few Australian Edriophthalmata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9(4): 1035-1044 pls 46-47 [1037, pl. 46 figs a-c].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) CMNZ 2 specimens, on 2 micro slides (Specimens catalogued but currently missing), Port Jackson (as Sydney Harbour), NSW; CMNZ 2015.149.154–155 1 male, 1 female, both wet specimens in alcohol (Specimens labelled as "cotypes"), Sydney Harbour, NSW [Lat/Long not provided].

  Secondary source:

   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. Records of the Australian Museum 75(4): 547–558.

 

Generic Combinations

• Melita festiva (Chilton, 1885). —
  Chilton, C. 1916. Some Australian and New Zealand Gammaridae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 48: 359-370 [359, figs. 1-2]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, littoral, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom, under stones.

 

General References

Barnard, J.L. 1972. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Algae-living littoral Gammaridea (Crustacea Amphipoda). Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 62: 1-216

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	MELITIDAE Bousfield, 1973	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		06-Feb-2013	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		18-Jun-2010	ADDED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED