title: Ingolfiellamaldivensis sp. n. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Ingolfiellidae) from coral reef sand off Magoodhoo island, Maldives.
abstract: A new species of marine interstitial wormshrimp, Ingolfiellamaldivensis, is described from coral sand on the inner and outer reef off Magoodhoo island, Faafu atoll, Maldives. Six females were found and compared to other species from the Maldives and those bordering the Indian Ocean and beyond. Morphological resemblance ties it to a species from the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Both species are found in shallow sublittoral interstitial spaces.
authors.affiliation: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands ; Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vonk
authors.affiliation: Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/ Miquel Marquès 21, 07190 Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: Damiá
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaume
keywords: Indian Ocean; Taxonomy; atolls; dive sampling; interstitial habitat; sublittoral