A new species of the genus Melita (Amphipoda, Hadzioidea, Melitidae) from anchialine pool on the Cozumel Island, NE Caribbean Sea

A new species of genus Melita collected from anchialine pool (Cenote Aerolito) on Cozumel Island is described. Distinctive characters of male of the new species include an accessory flagellum 4-articulate; palm of gnathopod 2 with long setae; urosomite 2 with two robust setae on right side, and one on left. Female of the new species differs by coxa 6 without lateral ridge at base of hook, and anteroventral angle without stridulating ridges on anteroventral process; gnathopods 12 covered with long setae on articles 5-6. The main morphological differences between males of Melita species recorded previously for the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea and the new species are also given.