Australian Museum Journal Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji
- Shortform:
- Myers, 1985, Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 5: 1–143
- Author(s):
- Myers, Alan A.
- Year published:
- 1985
- Title:
- Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement
- Volume:
- 5
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 143
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0812-7387.5.1985.99
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 16 December 1985
- Cover date:
- 16 December 1985
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-7305-1441-2
- ISSN:
- 0812-7387
- CODEN:
- RAMSEZ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 07 May 2009
- Available online:
- 15 July 2009
- Reference number:
- 99
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (91kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (7447kb PDF)
Abstract
Eighty species of marine gammaridean Amphipoda are currently known from Fiji. During a three month period in late 1979, 77 species were collected. and these are described and figured. Keys for the identification of all known Fijian species are included.
Fiji appears to share most of its taxa with Hawaii. Indonesia and the Indian Ocean and few with eastern Polynesia, but this may reflect collecting intensity. Few taxa are shared with New Zealand. Forty percent of Fijian taxa are new to science. Forty-one percent of taxa are currently of endemic status but this figure will undoubtedly be lowered when more Indo-Pacific island groups are explored. Fiji is characterised by a higher percentage of domicolous forms than any other well studied island group. The results of a quantitative survey of amphipods on a transect across a fringing reef in south Viti Levu are given.