A New Amphipod Species of the Genus Cheriphotis (Amphipoda, Senticaudata) from Pulau Langkawi, Straits of Malacca, Malaysia with Notes on the Distribution of the Genus

A new species, Cheiriphotis selat n. sp., was described based on specimens collected from coral rubbles found at Kuah Beach, Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia. The newly discovered amphipod species can be distinguished from its closest relative by its smaller eyes; the basis of male gnathopod 2 is anterodistally notched; a distinctly longer peduncle than the ramus of uropod 3; the inner lobe of the maxilliped does not reach the apex of palp article 1; a shallower projection on the posteroventral of epimeron 3. An identification key for the 17 known species in the genus was updated.