New species and new records of Ampithoidae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) from Australian Waters
Author
Hughes, Lauren E.
Author
Peart, Rachael A.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3719
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1
102
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3719.1.1
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Plumithoe quadrimana
(Haswell, 1879)
(
Fig. 64
)
Ampithoe quadrimanus
Haswell, 1879: 337
, pl. 21, fig. 7.—Springthorpe & Lowry, 1994: 129.
Ampithoe quadrimana
.—Stebbing, 1906: 635.
Plumithoe quadrimana
.—Poore & Lowry, 1997: 932, figs 26–29.
Plumithoe quadrimanus
.—Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 62 (catalogue).— Hughes & Lowry, 2009: 211–214, figs 35–36.
Type
locality.
Port Jackson, New South
Wales
,
Australia
.
Material examined.
Norfolk Island
:
Male
, 4.0 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.90121, ‘The Wall’ dive site, Nepean
Island
(
29°04’18”S
167°57’41”E
),
10 m
, tufted red and brown algae,
15 May 2008
, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 43);
10 specimens
, AM P.81568, ‘The Wall’ dive site, Nepean
Island
(
29°04’18”S
167°57’41”E
),
10 m
, tufted red and brown algae,
15 May 2008
, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 43);
7 specimens
, AM P.81569,
Swiss
Cheese Reef, near Kingston wharf (
29°00’23”S
167°56’50”E
),
15 m
, large pieces of rubble with tufted algae,
19 May 2008
, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 76);
1 specimen
, AM P.81570, Cow Bay, Phillip
Island
(
29°00’10”S
167°57’03”E
),
12 m
, red and brown algae on rocks,
14 May 2008
, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI NFK 32);
2 specimens
, AM P.81572, Gun Club reef, near Anson Point (
29°00’25”S
167°54’45”E
),
10 m
, algae over coral,
17 May 2008
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 64);
1 specimen
, AM P.81573, Cathedral Rock (
29°00’13”S
167°56’57”E
),
10.7 m
, sediment and algae from rock face,
13 May 2008
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 8).
New Zealand
. Kermadec Islands:
2 specimens
, AM P.90122, Fishing Rock landing, Raoul
Island
(
29°15’03”S
177°54’12”W
),
5 m
, scrapings from rock wall,
17 May 2011
(K
2011-49
-5);
2 specimens
, AM P.90123, Milne Islets, Raoul
Island
(
29°16’57”S
177°54’10”W
),
21 m
, tufting algae,
15 May 2011
(K
2011-23-4
);
5 specimens
, AM P.90124, northwest corner, North Meyer
Island
(
29°14’30”S
177°52’40”W
),
5–15.5 m
, clumping red algae,
13 May 2011
(K
2011-10-5
).
Distribution.
Australia
. New South
Wales
: Port Jackson (Haswell 1879; Lowry & Poore 1997). Queensland: Great Barrier Reef (Hughes & Lowry 2009). Tasman Sea:
Norfolk Island
(current study).
New Zealand
: Kermadec Islands (current study).