Mauritiorchestia fayetta Green, Appadoo, Lowry & Myers, 2021

Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A., 2022, Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 5100 (1), pp. 1-53 : 25-27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6312339
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scientific name	Mauritiorchestia fayetta Green, Appadoo, Lowry & Myers, 2021
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Mauritiorchestia fayetta Green, Appadoo, Lowry & Myers, 2021 View in CoL

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Platorchestia fayetta Beeltah & Appadoo, 2017: 44 (nomen nudum).

Type material. Holotype, male, 9.9 mm, MNHN / 2021/01/01 . Paratype, female, 8.6 mm, MNHN / 2021/02/01, 3 males MNHN / 2021/03/01, 5 females MNHN / 2021/04/01.

Type locality. Post la Fayette (20°8.2’S 57°44.5’E) GoogleMaps .

Ecological type. Sand-hoppers.

Habitat. On coastal sandy substrate with huge amount of beach wrack algae.

Size. 9.8 mm. Sexual dimorphism present.

Diagnosis (male).

With the characters of the genus.

Distribution. Mauritius, western Indian Ocean. Poste la Fayette (Green, et al. 2021).