title: Mallacoota misool, a new species of Maeridae from West Papua (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda).
abstract: The new species Mallacoota misool is described from the West Macleur Gulf, West Papua. Mallacoota misool sp. nov. is exceptionally similar to the geographically close M. chandaniae Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005 known from the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia and also reported from the South China Sea. Both species have a massive gnathopod 2 propodus defined by two large teeth. Mallacoota misool sp. nov. has the palm medial surface without a dense bunch of seta, which is present in M. chandaniae.
authors.affiliation: Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia.; Email: lauren.hughes@austmus.gov.au.
authors.forename: Lauren E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D033304:Amphipoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D010219:Papua New Guinea