identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
786F2952FC3A334CA22BFE8F5F6F6773.text	786F2952FC3A334CA22BFE8F5F6F6773.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chiltonorchestia pusilla (Chevreux 1915)	<div><p>Chiltonorchestia pusilla (Chevreux, 1915)</p><p>Parorchestia pusilla Chevreux, 1915: 11, pl. 3.— Ruffo &amp; Vesentini Paiotta, 1972: 253, figs 4, 8(2).</p><p>Chiltonorchestia pusilla .— Bousfield, 1984: 203, tab. 5.— Ruffo &amp; Krapp-Schickel, 2005: 36.— Iannilli &amp; Ruffo, 2007: 23.— Lowry, 2007: 286.</p><p>Lectotype: Female, ovigerous (labelled as female B by Chevreux; ethanol and 1 slide of gnathopods plus last two segments of the urosome), MNHN-IU-2013-19685, Lac en Huit, New Caledonia, along margin, coll. F. Sarasin &amp; J. Roux. Paralectotypes: 4 specimens (undissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013-19686, Lac en Huit, New Caledonia, along margin, coll. F. Sarasin &amp; J. Roux ; 1 female (dissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013-19687, New Caledonia; 1 male (labelled as male B by Chevreux; 1 slide, gnathopods), MNHN-IU-2013-19688, Lac en Huit, New Caledonia, along edge of lake .</p><p>Type locality. Lac en Huit, on gorse near the river (altitude 244 m), New Caledonia.</p><p>Ecological type. Riparian-hopper.</p><p>Habitat. Freshwater. Among gorse, near the shore (Chevreux, 1915). Seems to be an aquatic form, having always been collected in shallow water (Ruffo &amp; Vesentini Paiotta, 1972).</p><p>Distribution. New Caledonia (Chevreux, 1915).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC3A334CA22BFE8F5F6F6773	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC3D334BA02AFB685FF5624B.text	786F2952FC3D334BA02AFB685FF5624B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chevreuxiana antennulata (Chevreux 1915)	<div><p>Chevreuxiana antennulata (Chevreux, 1915)</p><p>Talorchestia antennulata Chevreux, 1915: 5, pl. 1. Chevreuxiana antennulata .— Lowry &amp; Myers, 2019: 22, fig. 7.</p><p>Lectotype: Female (23 mm; ethanol and 10 slides of antenna 1–2 / mouthparts / gnathopods / pereopods 1, 3 and 5 (broken) / pleopods 1–3 / pleopod 2 / pleopod 3 / pereopods 2–4 / uropods 1–2 / uropod 3, telson), MNHN-IU-2013-19694, New Caledonia, Mount Canala, 800–1000 m . Paralectotypes (all New Caledonia): 2 specimens, juvenile (undissected ethanol), west coast of New Caledonia, G. Dupuis coll., 1888, MNHN-IU-2013-19695; 4 specimens (undissected ethanol), Mount Canala, 700 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19696 ; 6 specimens (males and females) (undissected ethanol), Mount Humboldt, MNHN-IU-2013-19697 ; 1 female (dissected, ethanol, and 1 slide, gnathopod 1), Mount Canala, 700 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19698 ; 1 male, 9 mm (4 slides of head / gnathopods / pereopod 5 / pleopod 3, uropod 1–2), Mount Humboldt 1100 m, MNHN-IU-2013-19699 .</p><p>Type locality. Mt Canala, 800–1000 m, under rotten leaves.</p><p>Ecological type. Forest-hopper.</p><p>Habitat. Living under rotten leaves at 200–1000 m altitude. Distribution. New Caledonia: Tchalabel; Oubatche; Mt Ignambi, forest 600 m altitude; Hienghiène; Mt Panié, forest, 500–1600 m altitude; Coné; Vallée de la Tiouaca; Mt Canala, 700–1000 m; Mt Humboldt, 1100–1600 m altitude; Ngoï Valley, forest, 200 m altitude; Yaté. Loyalty Islands: M: area, Kaoua (Chevreux, 1915).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC3D334BA02AFB685FF5624B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC3D334BA19EFF5058C86782.text	786F2952FC3D334BA19EFF5058C86782.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ignamborchestia sarasini (Chevreux 1915)	<div><p>Ignamborchestia sarasini (Chevreux, 1915)</p><p>Parorchestia sarasini Chevreux, 1915: 8, pl. 2.</p><p>Chiltonorchestia sarasini .— Bousfield, 1984: 203, tab. 5.— Iannilli &amp; Ruffo, 2007: 23.</p><p>Ignamborchestia sarasini .— Lowry &amp; Myers, 2019: 42, fig. 18.</p><p>Lectotype: Female (undissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013- 19689, summit of Mount Ignambi, 1300 m, coll. F. Sarasin &amp; J. Roux, 15 April 1911 . Paralectotypes: 2 specimens (undissected, ethanol), MNHN-IU-2013-19690, summit of Mount Ignambi, 1300 m ; 1 female (labelled as female A by Chevreux; head in ethanol and 11 slides of maxillae 1–2 left and right, gnathopods, pereopods 3–7, pleopods 1–3, uropods, and telson), MNHN-IU-2013-19691; 1 female (labelled as female B by Chevreux; ethanol and 2 slides of mouthparts, gnathopods 1, 2 and branchiae), MNHN-IU-2013-19692; 1 male (2 slides, antennae 1–2, maxilla 1, maxillipeds and gnathopods), MNHN-IU-2013-19693, Ignambi Forest .</p><p>Type locality. Mt Ignambi, forest, 700–1300 m altitude, north-eastern New Caledonia.</p><p>Ecological type. Forest-hopper.</p><p>Habitat. Forest floors at 700–800 m altitude.</p><p>Remarks. Differs from Chiltonorchestia in its short antenna 1.</p><p>Distribution. New Caledonia: Mt Ignambi (Chevreux, 1915); Farino; Pouembout (Iannilli &amp; Ruffo, 2007).</p><p>Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815</p><p>Talitrinae Rafinesque, 1815</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC3D334BA19EFF5058C86782	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC3D334AA258FE5F5B776274.text	786F2952FC3D334AA258FE5F5B776274.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chroestia Marsden & Fenwick 1985	<div><p>Chroestia Marsden &amp; Fenwick, 1985</p><p>Chroestia Marsden &amp; Fenwick, 1985: 843 .— Lowry &amp; Stoddart, 2003: 271.</p><p>Type species. Chroestia lota Marsden &amp; Fenwick, 1984, monotypy.</p><p>Included species. Chroestia amoa sp. nov., C. lota Marsden &amp; Fenwick, 1985 .</p><p>Category. Mascupod.</p><p>Ecological type. Beach-hoppers (mainly coastal supralittoral/intertidal leaf-litter/wrack, non-substrate modifying talitrids).</p><p>Habitat. Chroestia is common in thick mats of Zostera and mangrove debris on a small sand-gravel beach at the top of an extensive mud flat area.</p><p>Diagnostic description. Male (based on Marsden &amp; Fenwick, 1985).</p><p>Head. Eye medium (⅕–⅓ head length). Antenna 1 short, rarely longer than peduncular article 4 of antenna 2. Antenna 2 peduncular articles slender or slightly incrassate (expanded); article 3 without plate or process ventrally. Labrum epistome without robust setae. Mandible left lacinia mobilis 4-cuspidate. Maxilliped outer margin of precoxa not stepped; palp article 2 with distomedial lobe; article 4 reduced, button shaped.</p><p>Pereon. Gnathopod 1 sexually dimorphic; subchelate; posterior margin of carpus and propodus each with lobe covered in palmate setae; palm transverse. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; propodus palm acute; posterior margin of merus, carpus, and propodus each without lobe covered in palmate setae; dactylus attenuated distally. Pereopods 3–7 bi-cuspidactylate. Pereopod 4 dactylus thickened proximally with notch midway along posterior margin. Pereopod 5 dactylus long, slender, not inflated. Pereopod 6 not sexually dimorphic; shorter than pereopod 7. Pereopods 6–7 without row of short setae along posterior margin of the dactyli. Pereopod 7 not sexually dimorphic. Propodus without large distal tuft of setae.</p><p>Pleon. Pleonites 1–3 without dorsal spines. Oostegites setae with curled tips. Pleopods1–3 all well-developed. Epimera 1–3 slits absent. Uropod 1 peduncle distolateral robust seta present (large), with simple tip; rami without apical spear-shaped setae; outer ramus without marginal robust setae; inner ramus with marginal robust setae in 1 row. Uropod 2 rami without apical spear-shaped setae; outer ramus with marginal robust setae in 1 row; inner ramus with marginal robust setae in 1 row. Uropod 3 ramus shorter than peduncle. Telson longer than broad, tapering distally, apically incised, with marginal and apical robust setae, with 7 to 10 or more robust setae per lobe.</p><p>Remarks. Chroestia is confined to Australia and New Caledonia which separated from each other about 65 million years ago (Coleman, 1980) and may indicate a possible minimal age for Chroestia, but also shows the morphological stability of species within the genus.</p><p>Distribution. Australia: Lota, Queensland (Marsden &amp; Fenwick, 1985). New Caledonia: Malabou andAmoa, Grand Terre (this paper).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC3D334AA258FE5F5B776274	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC3C334AA034FE7159ED6563.text	786F2952FC3C334AA034FE7159ED6563.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chroestia amoa Lowry & Fanini 2023	<div><p>Chroestia amoa sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D0A16782-C24F-453B-BC44-311A6875D5F0</p><p>Figs 2–4</p><p>Holotype: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=164.1071&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.292166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 164.1071/lat -20.292166)">Male</a>, 10.8 mm, AM P.100369 (SEM pin and 4 SEM stubs), Malabou, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, 20°17.530'S 164°6.426'E, bay, supralittoral, sandy beach covered in wrack, mainly Zostera, coll. J. K. Lowry &amp; L. Fanini, 31 December 2014 . Paratypes: 1 female, AM P.100370 (SEM pin and 1 SEM stub); 19 males, 22 females (wet specimens), AM P.97473; 6 males, 3 females (wet specimens), AM P.97474, same data as holotype . 3 males, 24 females (wet specimens), AM P.97477, nearAmoa, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=165.19235&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.761883" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 165.19235/lat -20.761883)">Grand Terre</a>, New Caledonia, 20°45.713'S 165°11.541'E, estuary supralittoral, sandy beach, coll. J. K. Lowry &amp; L. Fanini, 2 January 2015 .</p><p>Type locality. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=165.19235&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.761883" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 165.19235/lat -20.761883)">Malabou</a>, Grand Terre, New Caledonia (20°45.713'S 165°11.541'E), estuary supralittoral, sandy beach.</p><p>Ecological type. Beach-hopper.</p><p>Habitat. Estuary supralittoral, sandy beach.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the town of Amoa, Grande Terre, New Caledonia.</p><p>Description. Male (based on holotype, 10.8 mm, AM P.100369).</p><p>Head. Eye medium (⅕–⅓ head length). Antenna 1 short, not reaching midpoint of peduncular article 5 of antenna 2. Antenna 2 peduncular articles slender, with many small robust setae; article 1 enlarged, bulbous. Mandible left lacinia mobilis 4-cuspidate. Maxilla 1 inner plate with 2 apical plumose setae; palp vestigial, 2-articulate, without apical seta. Maxilla 2 inner plate with one large plumose seta along inner margin. Maxilliped palp broad, article 2 with distomedial lobe; article 4 reduced, button shaped.</p><p>Pereon. Gnathopod 1 sexually dimorphic; subchelate; coxa much smaller than coxa 2; posterior margin of carpus and propodus each with lobe covered in palmate setae; carpus longer than propodus, length more than 2 × width; propodus anterior margin with 3 groups of robust setae, “subtriangular” with well-developed posterodistal lobe, palm transverse; dactylus simplidactylate. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; with distally rounded anterodistal lobe on medial surface; posterior margin of merus, carpus, and propodus each without lobe covered in palmate setae; propodus palm acute, evenly rounded, without proximal sinus, without large distal sinus, without proximal spine or thumb defining palm, without large projection near dactylar hinge; dactylus attenuated distally, slightly curved, subequal or slightly longer than palm; posterior margin smooth; shorter than posterior margin of propodus. Pereopods 3–7 dactyli cuspidactylate (bicuspidactylate), with anterodistal denticulate patch. Pereopod 4 significantly shorter than pereopod 3; carpus significantly shorter than carpus of pereopod 3; dactylus amplidactylate, thickened proximally with notch midway along posterior margin. Pereopod 5 short, less than ⅔ length of pereopod 6; merus broad, longer than broad, expanded distally. Pereopod 6 shorter than pereopod 7; not sexually dimorphic; coxa posterior lobe with anteroventral corner rounded, not produced; basis expanded. Pereopod 7 not sexually dimorphic; posterior margin with broad, small serrations, each with a small seta, posterodistal lobe present, shallow, broadly rounded; merus expanded distally, subtriangular, anterior margin straight; carpus unexpanded; subrectangular; shorter than propodus; propodus broad; length 6.6 × width. Oostegites (female) present, setae with curled tips.</p><p>Pleon. Pleopods 1–3 all well-developed. Epimera 1–3 ventral margin without robust or slender setae. Uropod 1 peduncle distolateral robust seta present (large), large (¼ length of outer ramus), with simple tip; exopod without marginal robust setae; endopod with marginal robust setae in 1 row. Uropod 2 exopod with marginal robust setae in 1 row; endopod with marginal robust setae in 1 row. Uropod 3 ramus shorter than peduncle; peduncle with 1 or 2 very long robust setae dorsal margin, linear (narrowing). Telson as broad as long, tapering distally, completely cleft, with apical and marginal robust setae, with at least 10 robust setae per lobe.</p><p>Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Based on paratype female, AM P.100370. Gnathopod 1 posterior margin of merus, carpus, and propodus each without lobe covered in palmate setae. Propodus subrectangular, anterior margin with 2 groups of robust setae, palm acute; dactylus simple, longer than palm. Gnathopod 2 mitten-shaped; basis slightly expanded; ischium without lobe on anterior margin; posterior margin of merus, carpus, and propodus each with lobe covered in palmate setae. Carpus well developed (not enclosed by merus and propodus), posterior lobe present, projecting between merus and propodus. Palm obtuse, nearly straight. Dactylus curved, posterior margin smooth, shorter than palm. Oostegites long (length greater than 2 × width), longer than wide, setose, setae with curled tips.</p><p>Remarks. This is the first record of Chroestia outside Australia. Chroestia amoa is very similar to C. lota Marsden &amp; Fenwick, 1985 from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The main morphological difference between these species is the shape of the palm of male gnathopod 2, which is evenly rounded in C. amoa, but has a distinctive proximal sinus in C. lota .</p><p>Distribution. New Caledonia: Malabou and Amoa, Grand Terre.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC3C334AA034FE7159ED6563	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC3C3348A286F9625BF06452.text	786F2952FC3C3348A286F9625BF06452.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thiorchestia Lowry & Fanini 2023	<div><p>Thiorchestia gen. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 8EEBA7EA-0B81-47F2-A9B7-53FC6DF3C8F3</p><p>Figs 5–7</p><p>Type species. Thiorchestia caledoniana sp. nov., monotypy.</p><p>Included species. Thiorchestia caledoniana sp. nov.</p><p>Category. Mascupod.</p><p>Ecological type. Beach-hopper.</p><p>Habitat. Supralittoral zone of sandy beaches.</p><p>Etymology. Named for Thio mission, Grande Terre, New Caledonia, the type locality and very first site visited by the authors, their son, and their hosts Bertrand and Paule. Gender feminine.</p><p>Size. 9.8 mm.</p><p>Diagnosis of male. Head. Antenna 1 slender or slightly incrassate. Gnathopod 1 subchelate; posterior margin of carpus and propodus each with palmate lobe; dactylus cuspidactylate. Pereopod 4 dactylus thickened proximally with notch along posterior margin. Epimera 1–3 without slits. Pleopods well developed. Uropod 1 exopod without marginal robust setae. Uropod 3 subequal in length to peduncle.</p><p>Remarks. Thiorchestia is very similar to the Caribbean genus Tethorchestia Bousfield, 1984 . The ramus of uropod 3 is subequal in length to the peduncle in Thiorchestia (shorter in Tethorchestia). Other differences are considered at species level and the genera are considered convergent.</p><p>Distribution. New Caledonia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC3C3348A286F9625BF06452	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC3E3345A26AF959599E6484.text	786F2952FC3E3345A26AF959599E6484.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thiorchestia caledoniana Lowry & Fanini 2023	<div><p>Thiorchestia caledoniana sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1514C5F2-9B6D-410E-B3B2-5907296E6184</p><p>Figs 5–7</p><p>Holotype: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=166.25996&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.621017" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 166.25996/lat -21.621017)">Male</a>, 9.8 mm, AM P.100367 (SEM pin and 3 SEM stubs), Thio mission, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, 21°37.261'S 166°15.598'E, supralittoral, and extended black sand beach with pumice, hand collection with entomological aspirator, J. K. Lowry &amp; L. Fanini, 27 December 2014 . Paratypes: 1 female, AM P.100368 (SEM pin and 1 SEM stub), 1 male, 4 females (wet specimens), AM P.105706, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=166.25996&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.621017" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 166.25996/lat -21.621017)">Thio</a> mission, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, 21°37.261'S 166°15.598'E, supralittoral, and extended black sand beach with pumice, hand collection with entomological aspirator, J. K. Lowry &amp; L. Fanini, 27 December 2014 .</p><p>Additional material examined. 4 males, 1 female, AM P.97476, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=165.44873&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.10175" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 165.44873/lat -21.10175)">Mou</a>, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, 21°06.105'S 165°26.924'E, estuary supralittoral, sandy beach, J. K. Lowry &amp; L. Fanini, 2 January 2015 .</p><p>Type locality. Thio mission, Grand Terre, New Caledonia.</p><p>Diagnostic description. Male. Head. Antenna 1 slender or slightly incrassate. Mandible lacinia mobilis 5-cuspidate. Maxilliped palp article 2 with distomedial lobe; article 4 reduced, button shaped. Gnathopod 1 subchelate; posterior margin of carpus and propodus each with palmate lobe; dactylus cuspidactylate. Gnathopod 2 dactylus shortened distally, recurved. Pereopods 3–7 cuspidactylate (bicuspidactylate). Pereopod 4 dactylus thickened proximally with notch along posterior margin. Pereopod 7 not sexually dimorphic. Epimera 1–3 without slits. Pleopods well-developed. Uropod 1 exopod without marginal robust setae. Uropod 3 subequal in length to peduncle. Telson completely cleft with 6 marginal and apical robust setae.</p><p>Female (sexually dimorphic characters; based on paratype, AM P.100368). Gnathopod 1 posterior margin of merus, carpus, and propodus each without lobe covered in palmate setae. Propodus subrectangular, anterior margin with 4 groups of robust setae, palm acute. Dactylus simple, longer than palm. Gnathopod 2 mitten-shaped; basis slightly expanded; ischium without lobe on anterior margin. Posterior margin of carpus and propodus each with lobe covered in palmate setae. Carpus well developed (not enclosed by merus and propodus), posterior lobe present, projecting between merus and propodus; palm obtuse, nearly straight. Dactylus curved, posterior margin smooth, shorter than palm. Oostegites long (length greater than 2 × width), longer than wide, setose, setae with simple smooth tips.</p><p>Distribution. New Caledonia: Thio mission and Mou, Grand Terre.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC3E3345A26AF959599E6484	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC323344A1A9F9495FC364C1.text	786F2952FC323344A1A9F9495FC364C1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Talorchestia spinipalma (Dana 1852)	<div><p>Talorchestia spinipalma (Dana, 1852)</p><p>Orchestia spinipalma Dana, 1852: 203 .— Dana, 1853: 875, pl. 59, fig. 4a–e.— Bate, 1862: 28, pl. 4, fig. 9.</p><p>Talorchestia spinipalma .— Stebbing, 1906: 552 (in part, part = T. terraereginae). Stephensen, 1935: 12.— Schellenberg, 1938: 66.—J. L. Barnard, 1960: 24, figs 7, 8.— Bousfield, 1970: 163.— Morino &amp; Miyamoto, 1988: 95, figs 4–6.— Lowry &amp; Springthorpe, 2009: 905.— Serejo, 2009: 895, figs 3, 4.— Lowry &amp; Bopiah, 2013: 354, figs 5–8.</p><p>Not Talorchestia spinipalma .— Lowry &amp; Stoddart, 2003: 276 (= T. terraereginae Haswell, 1880).</p><p>Neotype: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-175.3442&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.080637" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -175.3442/lat -21.080637)">Male</a>, 16.5 mm, AM P.87317, just north of Liku’alofa Beach Resort, Tongatapu, Tonga, 21°04'50.29"S 175°20'39.10"W, fine white sand on steep narrow beach.</p><p>Other material examined. 5 males (adults and juveniles), 4 females AM P.97475, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=166.25996&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.621017" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 166.25996/lat -21.621017)">Thio</a> mission, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, 21°37.261'S 166°15.598'E, supralittoral, and extended black sand beach with pumice, hand collection with entomological aspirator, J. K. Lowry &amp; L. Fanini, 27 December 2014 .</p><p>Osaka Museum of Natural History New Caledonian</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC323344A1A9F9495FC364C1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
786F2952FC353343A08DFF515BE16411.text	786F2952FC353343A08DFF515BE16411.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amphipoda	<div><p>Key to male New Caledonian talitroid amphipods</p><p>1 G1 posterior margin of carpus and propodus each with palmate lobe .............................................................................................................................. 2</p><p>—— G1 posterior margin of merus, carpus, and propodus each with palmate lobe .............................................................................................................................. 4</p><p>2 G1 parachelate. G2 propodus palm with large, recurved robust setae lining palmar margin ................................................ Talorchestia spinipalma Dana, 1852</p><p>—— G1 subchelate. G2 propodus palm without large, recurved robust setae lining palmar margin ........................................................................................................ 3</p><p>3 G2 dactylus attenuated distally ............................................................. Chroestia amoa sp. nov.</p><p>—— G2 dactylus short, recurved distally .......................... Thiorchestia caledoniana gen. et sp. nov.</p><p>4 G2 propodus with midpalmar sinus .................... Chevreuxiana antennulata (Chevreux, 1915)</p><p>—— G2 propodus without palmar sinuses ........................................................................................ 5</p><p>5 Telson with apical and marginal robust setae ........ Ignamborchestia sarasini (Chevreux, 1915)</p><p>—— Telson with apical robust setae only .......................................................................................... 6</p><p>6 G2 dactylus apically acute. Gills bilobate. Telson with 2 apical setae ......................................................................... Chiltonorchestia pusilla (Chevreux, 1915)</p><p>—— G2 dactylus recurved distally. Gills quadrilobate. Telson with 4 apical setae ........................... Chiltonorchestia starmuhlneri (Ruffo &amp; Vesentini Paiotta, 1972)</p><p>Collections (not examined). Six males, 3 females, Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, 6–13 June 1958; 4 males, 6 females, Magenta, New Caledonia, 8, 14 October 1958; 3 males, 4 females, Nou Vata, Noumea, New Caledonia, 8 October 1958; 1 male, 1 female, Mount d’Ore, New Caledonia, 18 October 1958.</p><p>Type locality. Just north of Liku’alofa Beach Resort, Tongatapu, Tonga, 21°04'50.29"S 175°20'39.10"W.</p><p>Habitat. Under dried Turbinaria and other algae in the supralittoral zone.</p><p>Remarks. Habitat reported referred to Tonga (Lowry &amp; Bopiah, 2013); the habitat in New Caledonia is also supralittoral, an extended black sand beach with pumice.</p><p>Distribution. Australia: Queensland: Port Douglas (Serejo, 2009). Marshall Islands: Yap; Kusaie Island (J. L. Barnard, 1960). New Caledonia: NouVata, Noumea; Isle of Pines; Magenta (Morino &amp; Miyamoto, 1988), Thio mission, Grand Terre (this paper). Papua New Guinea: Ralum, Bismarck Archipelago (Schellenberg, 1938); Motupore Island (9°31'30"N 147°16'40"E) (Morino &amp; Miyamoto, 1988). Philippine Islands: Ubay, Bohol (Schellenberg, 1938). Solomon Islands: Gizo (Morino &amp; Miyamoto, 1988). Rennell Islands (Bousfield, 1970). Tonga: Tongatapu (Dana, 1852; Lowry &amp; Bopiah, 2013).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/786F2952FC353343A08DFF515BE16411	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Lowry, James K.;Fanini, Lucia	Lowry, James K., Fanini, Lucia (2023): The Coastal Talitroid Amphipods of New Caledonia (Amphipoda: Talitroidea). Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4): 471-484, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1886
