New gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from Heron Island and Wistari Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef
Author
Svavarsson, Jörundur
Author
Bruce, Niel L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-22
4609
1
31
67
journal article
26729
10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.2
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1175-5326
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Gnathia grutterae
Ferreira, Smit and Davies, 2010
(
Fig. 26A, B
)
Gnathia grutterae
Ferreira, Smit & Davies, 2010
: 41
, figs 1–3.
Material examined.
6 ♂
(
2.6–2.8 mm
),
Heron Island–Wistari Reef
channel,
23.4520°S
,
151.9078°E
,
30 August 1979
, 20 m, coll.
N.L. Bruce
(
MTQ
W10694,
1 ♂
UI 2017.1
)
.
♂
(3.0 mm),
Heron Island
, “The Patches”, mid- channel,
23°26.469’S
,
151°53.697’E
,
28 November 2009
, samples generally silty, rubble,
18 m
, CReefs stn HI09- 123C, coll.
K. Schnabel
and CReefs party (
MTQ
W31669)
.
♂
(
3.5 mm
),
Sykes Reef
,
23°25.929’S
,
152°02.924’E
,
18 November 2009
, 26 m, CReefs stn HI09-047, coll.
S. Smith
and A. Anderson (
MTQ
W31663)
.
♂
(3.0 mm), “
The Patches
”,
23°26.469’S
,
151°53.697’E
,
28 November 2009
, 16–
18 m
, CReefs stn HI09-123E, coll.
K. Schnabel
& CReefs party (
MTQ
W31670)
.
Remarks
.
Gnathia grutterae
Ferreira, Smit & Davies, 2010
was reported from seven host fish species of the families
Balistidae
,
Labridae
and
Tetraodontidae
collected at Lizard Island (
Ferreira
et al
. 2010
). The present specimens were collected from dead coral and coral rubble. The specimens from Heron Island are very similar to the
type
material, but the major frontolateral processes are laterally slightly crenulated (
Fig. 26A, B
), more than seen in the
type
specimens (figs 1 and
6 in
Ferreira
et al
. 2010
).
Distribution
. Lizard Island, Heron Island, Queensland; at depths of
16 to
26 m
.