Abstract
Two distinctive species of Amphipoda are described from the Ariake Sea in Japan. Scutischyrocerus japonicus sp. nov. (Family Ischyroceridae) is characterized by the cylindrical shape and the shield-like coxae 2–5. This new species differs from S. scutatus Myers, 1995 in the uropods with peduncles bearing many plumose setae. In the second species, Ledoyerella clavata (Hirayama, 1984) comb. nov. (Family Kamakidae), the lateral cephalic lobe is strongly produced, and the gnathopods 1, 2 of both sexes are the same size, with the propodus being almost as long as the carpus. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the heavily setose posterior margins of pereopods 6, 7 bases. Ledoyerella spinosa Ren, 2006 is synonymized with this species.
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