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
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Maeropsis griffini
(
Berents, 1983
)
(
Figs 22–25
)
Maera griffini
Berents, 1983
: 125
,
Fig. 20–21
Maeropsis griffini
.—
Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005
: 238
.—Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 625, fig. 19.
Material examined.
Male
,
7.5 mm
, dissected, 4 slides, NTMCr18332, Bedout
Island
, Western
Australia
,
19°3'S
,
11°95'E
,
3 m
, reef flat,
4 June 1985
, coll. B.C. Russell, BCR85-9; female,
6.5 mm
, dissected, 1 slides, NTMCr18333, Bedout
Island
, Western
Australia
,
19°35'S
,
11°95'E
,
3 m
, reef flat,
4 June 1985
, coll. B.C. Russell, BCR85-9;
7 female
specimens (oostegites narrow, not inflated), NTMCr18331, Bedout
Island
, Western
Australia
,
19°35'S
,
11°95'E
,
3 m
, reef flat,
4 June 1985
, coll. B.C.Russell, BCR85-9.
Type
locality.
Between Bird Islet and South
Island
, Lizard
Island
, Queensland,
Australia
,
14°42'S
,
145°28'E
.
Remarks.
Material examined here extends the distribution of
M. griffini
from Queensland to Western
Australia
.
Distribution.
Indian Ocean:
Australia
: Western
Australia
: Bedout
Island
(current study). South Pacific Ocean:
Australia
: Queensland: Lizard
Island
(
Berents 1983
; Krapp-Schickel 2009).