Ampithoid amphipods from the South Pacific: Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and New Caledonia Author Peart, R. A. Author Hughes, L. E. text Journal of Natural History 2013 J. Nat. Hist. 2014-01-21 48 13 - 14 739 861 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.825027 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2013.825027 1464-5262 5198865 Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 ( Figures 71–74 ) Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 , pp. 427–431 , figs 50–55. Walker, 1905 , p. 930 . Walker, 1909 , p. 343 . Schellenberg, 1938 , p. 90 . Ruffo, 1938 , p. 173 –174, fig. v. Ruffo, 1969 , p. 63 . J.L. Barnard, 1955 , p. 31 –34, fig. 17 (with references). J.L. Barnard, 1970 , p. 61 , fig. 32. Griffiths, 1973 , p. 278 , fig. 5. Griffiths, 1976 , p. 25 (key). Ledoyer, 1967 , p. 135 , fig. 23. Ledoyer, 1982 , pp. 138–140, fig. 48. Myers, 1986b: 287 . Myers, 1989 , p. 66 . Myers, 1990 , p. 153 , 156. Myers, 1995, p. 38. Myers, 1997 , p. 108 . Appadoo and Myers, 2004 , p. 347 . Ren, 2001 , p. 72 . Ren, 2006 , p. 232 –234, fig. 89. not Paragrubia vorax Myers, 1985 (accepted as P. latipoda following Ren 2006 ). Type locality Mahé , Seychelles , Indian Ocean. Material examined New Caledonia : Male, 9 mm , dissected, three slides, AM P.84595, Recif Ricaudy ( 22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S , 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E ), 1.5 m , coral rubble, 30 October 1995 , coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-3); female, 9 mm , dissected, one slide, AM P.84596, Recif Ricaudy ( 22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S , 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E ), 1.5 m , coral rubble, 30 October 1995 , coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-3); one specimen AM P.84597, Recif Ricaudy ( 22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S , 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E ), 1.5 m , coral rubble, 30 October 1995 , coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-3); one specimen AM P.84598, Recif Ricaudy ( 22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S , 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E ), 0.5 m , brown alga Padina sp. , 4 November 1995 , coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-19); four specimens , AM P.84599, Roche Percé, Poé Plage ( 22 ◦ 00 ′ S , 166 ◦ 00 ′ E ), 0.3 m , brown alga Sargassum sp. and Padina sp. from rocky shore, 19 November 1995 , coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-132); 13 specimens , AM P.84600, south of Thio ( 21 ◦ 36 ′ S , 166 ◦ 13 ′ E ), 1 m , red alga, 20 November 1995 , coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-150); two male specimens, AM P.84601, Poé Plage ( 21 ◦ 36 ′ 25 ′′ S , 165 ◦ 22 ′ 44 ′′ E ), 1–2 m , brown alga Sargassum sp. , 19 November 1995 , coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-212); one specimen AM P.84602, Poé Plage ( 21 ◦ 36 ′ 25 ′′ S , 165 ◦ 22 ′ 44 ′′ E ), 1–2 m , red algae, 19 November 1995 , coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-213); three specimens , AM P.84603, Thio ( 21 ◦ 36 ′ S , 166 ◦ 13 ′ E ), 1 m , living coral Acropora sp. from fringing reef, 20 November 1995 , coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-216). Figure 71. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 , male 9 mm, AM P.84595, female 9 mm, AM P.84596, New Caledonia. Figure 72. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 , male 9 mm, AM P.84595; female 9 mm, AM P.84596, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm. Figures 73. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 , male 9 mm, AM P.84595; female 9 mm, AM P.84596, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm. Figure 74. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 , male 9 mm, AM P.84595, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm. Loyalty Islands : female specimen AM P.84604, north coast of Lifou , Dokin Village ( 20 ◦ 42 ′ 09 ′′ S , 167 ◦ 09 ′ 54 ′′ E ), 6 m , red alga, 28 November 1995 , coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL- 233); three specimens , AM P.84605, Baie de Santal , Pointe de Easo , Lifou ( 20 ◦ 47 ′ 16 ′′ S , 167 ◦ 07 ′ 20 ′′ E ), 1 m , brown alga Sargassum sp. , 28 November 1995 , coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-237) . Remarks Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 has been widely reported throughout the Indo- Pacific. This is the second report of the species from New Caledonia following on from Ledoyer (1984) . Distribution Loyalty Islands (current study), New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984 ; current study); Papua New Guinea (current study); Seychelles ( Chevreux 1901 ); South Africa ( Griffiths 1976 ); Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1982 ); Maldives ( Walker 1905 ); Indonesia ( Schellenberg 1938 ); South China Sea ( Ren, 2001 , 2006 ); Society Island ( Myers 1989 ); Cook Islands ( Myers 1990 ); Kosrae ( Myers 1995b ); Tonga ( Myers 1986b ); Western Samoa ( Myers 1997 ); Hawaii ( Barnard 1955 ).