Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea) Author Hughes, Lauren E. text Zootaxa 2015 4059 2 201 256 journal article 39226 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1 7dbcc655-553b-4d35-8562-1a98c4555b89 1175-5326 232164 F9ED6784-D8C0-409E-9E4F-73879B265BC4 Quadrimaera quadrimana ( Dana, 1853 ) ( Fig. 41 ) Gammarus quadrimanus Dana, 1853 : 955 .— Dana, 1855 : pl. 65, fig. 9. Moera quadrimanus .— Bate, 1862 : 194 , pl. 35, fig. 5. Maera quadrimana .— Stebbing, 1906 : 435 (in part).— Schellenberg, 1938 : 45 , figs 21–22.— J.L. Barnard, 1955 : 13 .— J.L. Barnard, 1962 : 99 .— J.L. Barnard, 1965 : 511 , fig. 17.— J.L. Barnard, 1970 : 152 , figs. 94–95.— J.L. Barnard, 1971 : 84 , figs 38–40.— J.L. Barnard, 1972b : 107 .— Sivaprakasam, 1968 : 101 .— Sivaprakasam, 1970 : 35 .— Ledoyer, 1972 : 229 , pl. 45.— Ledoyer, 1978 : 279 .— Ledoyer, 1979 : 80 .—Ledoyer, 1982: 542, fig. 206.— Surya Rao, 1972 : 196 .— Ortiz, 1978 : 8 .— Berents, 1983 : 128 , fig. 22.— Myers, 1985 : 116 , fig. 91.— Myers, 1995 : 38 .— Ren, 2012 : 249 , fig. 109. Quadrimaera quadrimana .— Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 2000 : 195 .— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003 : 187 (catalogue). not Maera quadrimanus .— Thomson, 1882 : 235, pl. 17, fig. 4a (= Maera tepuni J.L. Barnard, 1972b ).— Ledoyer, 1986 : 190, fig. 11 (= Maera miranda Ruffo, Krapp & Gable, 2000 ). Material examined. Cocos (Keeling) Islands : 1 specimen , AM P.82199, Turks Reef, 12°06'44"S , 96°49'43"E , 3.8 m , sticks of rubble and algae, coll. L.E. Hughes, 10 October 2008 , MI WA 818; 2 specimens , AM P.82198, Turks Reef, 12°06'44"S , 96°49'43"E , 3.8 m , sticks of rubble and algae, coll. L.E. Hughes, 10 October 2008 , MI WA 818. Western Australia : 6 specimens , WAM C45875, Cassini Island , The Kimberley, 13°57'S 12°537'E, 2 m , 18 October 2010 , coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 37/K10-Q1; 4 specimens , WAM C46382, Cassini Island , The Kimberley, 13°57'S 125°37'E , 2 m , 18 October 2010 , coll. Lee Paterson, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 37/K10-Adhoc; 3 specimens , WAM C47507, Cassini Island , The Kimberley, 13°57'S 125°37'E , 2 m , coarse coral rubble, 18 October 2010 , coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 37/K10-Q1; 12 specimens , WAM C45893, Long Reef, The Kimberley, 13°48'S 125°49'E , 2 m , 13 October 2010 , coll. Lexie Walker, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 52/K10-Q3; 4 specimens , AM P.98056, reef front, south of Tantabiddy, Ningaloo Reef, 21°54'37"S 113°55'42"E , 9 m , coarse coral rubble, 12 June 2008 , coll. Neil. L. Bruce and M. Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, MI WA 973, NIN 10c; 5 specimens , AM P.98057, reef front, south of Tantabiddy, Ningaloo Reef, 21°55'42"E 113°55'11"E , 13 m , coarse coral rubble, 17 June 2008 , coll. Neil. L. Bruce and M. Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, MI WA 979, NIN 17a; 4 specimens , AM P.91143, Ningaloo Reef, 22°39'30"S , 113°37'05"E , 6.8 m , 25 May 2009 , coll. L.E. Hughes, CReefs Ningaloo 2009, NR09-60; 4 specimens , AM P.91143, Ningaloo Reef, 22°39'30"S , 113°37'5"E , 6.8 m , dead coral head, 25 May 2009 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1054; 4 specimens , AM P.79349, inside of outer Ningaloo Reef, off Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park, 21°59'30"S , 113°54'30"E , 2 m , small brown dictyotalean, 1 January 1984 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe and J.K. Lowry WA 342; many specimens, AM P.83829, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S , 12°31'10"E , 6.8 m , coral rubble, filamentous red turfing alga, green alga Halimeda sp., 24 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1102; 1 specimen , AM P.83830,Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S , 12°31'10"E , 6.8 m , rubble, 24 May 2010 , coll. J.K. Lowry, MI WA 1105; many specimens, AM P.83832, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S , 12°31'10"E , 9.3 m , dead coral Seriatopora hystrix , 25 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1125; 4 specimens , AM P.83833, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, 1627 '52"S, 1231'10"E, 9.9 m , rubble with red coralline algae and sponge, 25 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1126; many specimens, AM P.83831, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S , 12°31'10"E , 9.8 m , tuft of red algae, 25 May 2010 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1121; many specimens, AM P.83834, Bird Rock, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°29'4"S , 123°35"E , 12 m , dead shell bottom, 26 May 2010 , coll. J.K. Lowry, MI WA 1130; 2 specimens , AM P.83835, Bird Rock, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°29'4"S , 123°35"E , 10 m , coarse sediment, 26 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1135; 7 specimens , AM P.83828, Mission Beach at bar, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'38"S , 123°00'40"E , 7.8 m , live rock, 24 May 2010 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1097. Queensland: many specimens, AM P.75797 near shore, western side of Hawkesbury Island , Torres Strait, 10°21'44"S , 14°27'4"E , 8 m , coral rubble with sponges, 1 October 2006 , coll. J.K. Lowry and M. Capa, QLD 1905; 3 specimens , AM P.75795, outer reef slope, south of One Tree Island , 23°30'47"S , 15°25'10"E , 16 m , red algal tufts, 28 October 2006 , coll. I. Takeuchi and L.E. Hughes, QLD 1992;many specimens, AM P.75796, outer reef, Steves bommie, near Two Trees Islet, One Tree Island , 23°29'3"S , 15°25'27"E , 13 m , red coralline alge with epiphytes, Dictyota sp. and Halimeda sp., 27 October 2006 , coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry, QLD 1977; 1 specimen , AM P.52786, Middle Reef, North Stradbroke Island , 27°24'24"S , 153°32'00"E , 18 m , red algae, brown alga Zonaria sp., crinoid, sponge hand collected, on scuba, 4 June 1993 , coll. A.R. Parker, QLD 867. New South Wales : many specimens, AM P.92461, Korffs Islet, Solitary Islands, 30°19'8"S , 15°39'12"E , depth unknown, 2002, coll. L.E. Hughes; many specimens, AM P.92460, Muttonbird Island , Coffs Harbour, 30°17'S , 153°10'E , depth unknown, 2002, coll. L.E. Hughes. Type locality. Fiji , ~1740'S, 17831'E. Distribution. Australia . Queensland: Lizard Island , Torres Strait, North Stradbroke Island ( Berents 1983 ; Krapp-Schickel 2009; current study). New South Wales : Korffs Islet, Muttonbird Island (current study). Indian Ocean. Western Australia : Cassini Island , Long Reef, The Kimberley; Ningaloo Reef (current study). Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study). Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1972 , 1983 ). India ( Sivaprakasam 1968 , 1970 ). Pacific Ocean. Marshall Islands and Kiribati ( Schellenberg 1938 ; J.L. Barnard 1965 ). Fiji ( Dana 1853 ; Schellenberg 1938 , Myers 1985 ). North Pacific Ocean. Hawaii ( Schellenberg 1938 ; J.L. Barnard 1970 ).