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
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journal article
39226
10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1
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Quadrimaera gregoryi
sp. nov.
(
Figs 33–35
)
Type
material.
Holotype
male,
5 mm
, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.92788, off end of South Mole, Arthur Head, Fremantle, Western
Australia
,
32°03'S
,
115°44'E
,
6 m
, sponges,
25 December 1983
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 276.
FIGURE 31.
Quadrimaera brownorum
sp. nov.
holotype male 4.5 mm, AM P. 92677, Cygnet Bay, Western Australia, scales 0.1 mm.
Paratypes
: B female,
7.2 mm
, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.92789, off end of South Mole, Arthur Head, Fremantle, Western
Australia
32°03'S
,
115°44'E
,
6 m
, sponges,
25 December 1983
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe WA 276;
19 specimens
10 males
, 4 gravid females and
5 juveniles
, AM P.79370, off end of South Mole, Arthur Head, Fremantle, Western
Australia
,
32°03'S
,
115°44'E
,
6 m
, sponges,
25 December 1983
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 276; 25+ specimens, AM P.79308, off end of South Mole, Arthur Head, Fremantle, Western
Australia
32°03'S
,
115°44'E
,
6 m
, spirorbid tube worms,
25 December 1983
, coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 283.
Additional material examined.
31 specimens
(
1 male
, 5 gravid females and
25 juveniles
, AM P.79413, 1 km west of Red Bluff, Kalbarri, Western
Australia
,
27°42'S
,
114°09'E
,
18 m
, macroalga
Ecklonia
sp. bed, rocky bottom,
Ecklonia
sp. holdfasts,
9 January 1984
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 453;
16 specimens
, (
1 male
, 3 gravid females and
12 juveniles
), AM P. 79409, inshore limestone reef, Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park, Western
Australia
,
21°59'S
,
113°55'E
,
1 m
, green/brown algae,
2 January 1984
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 373.
FIGURE 32.
Quadrimaera brownorum
sp. nov.
holotype male 4.5 mm, AM P. 92677, Cygnet Bay, Western Australia, scales 0.1 mm.
Type
locality.
South Mole, Arthur Head, Fremantle, Western
Australia
, 3203'S, 11544'E.
Etymology.
Name for the explorers Sir Augustus Charles Gregory and his brother Francis Thomas Gregory, who conducted survey expeditions along the Western Australian coast.
Description.
Of
holotype
male,
5 mm
, AM P.92788.
Head.
Eyes
ovate; lateral cephalic lobe broad, apically truncate, anteroventral margin with excavate, anteroventral corner acute.
Antenna 1
longer than antenna 2; peduncular article 1 shorter than article 2, with 3 robust setae on posterior margin; peduncular article 2 longer than article 3; flagellum articles as long as broad, or longer than broad, with 9 articles; accessory flagellum long, more than half length of primary flagellum, with 8 articles.
Antenna 2
peduncular article 4 longer in length than article 5; flagellum with 8 articles.
Mandible
accessory setal row, well developed with 5 setae; palp well developed, article 1 length 1.2 × width, shorter than article 2, inner margin distally produced rounded; article 2 length 0.9 × article 3, lined with long slender setae; article 3 rectilinear, long, 2.8 × as long as broad, longer than article 1, with 5 lateral and 2 apical slender setae.
Lower lip
inner lobes present; outer lobes without apical ducts, mandibular lobes apically rounded to subacute (not illustrated).
Maxilla 1
inner plate with 3 slender setae.
Pereon.
Gnathopod 1
coxa anterior margin concave, anteroventral corner produced, acute, ventral margin without robust setae, posteroventral corner without notch; basis anterodistal corner without lobes; ischium anterodistal corner without lobes; merus with posteroventral corner subquadrate; carpus length twice width, 1.2 × propodus length, posterior margin lined with long setae, with rows of setae covering medial surface; propodus subovate, medial surface setal comb absent, palm subacute, weakly convex, entire, lined with slender setae, defined by posterodistal corner with 3 robust setae; dactylus posterior margin lined with setules, closing along palm, unguis present.
Gnathopod 2
subchelate; coxa posteroventral corner without notch, ventral margin without robust setae;
basis
broad,
anterodistal corner with pair of well-developed rounded lobes
;
ischium anterodistal corner with pair of well-developed rounded lobes;
merus with acute posteroventral corner; carpus compressed, length 0.7 × width, anterior margin with 2 robust setae, posterior margin a few slender setae;
propodus
quadrate, length 1.1 × width, anterior and posterior margin with clusters of long slender setae,
palm length less than one third of propodus posterior margin, angle transverse, distal shelf subquadrate with 3 pairs of robust setae, palm