The genus Elasmopus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae) in Australian waters Author Hughes, L. E. Author Lowry, J. K. text Journal of Natural History 2011 2011-03-31 45 9 - 10 579 628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.534825 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2010.534825 1464-5262 4652513 Elasmopus yunde J.L. Barnard, 1974 Elasmopus yunde Barnard, 1974: 23 , figs 16–18. Lowry and Stoddart, 2003: 179 . Type locality Point Peron, Western Australia . Material examined Western Australia . 10+ specimens, AM P.79336, Red Bluff , Kalbarri (27 ◦ 42 ′ S, 114 ◦ 09 ′ E), 1 m , rocky shore, stalked ascidians on rock ledge, 9 January 1984 , coll. H.E. Stoddart (WA-445) ; 14 specimens , AM P.79348, off end of South Mole , Arthur Head , Fremantle (32 ◦ 03 ′ S, 115 ◦ 44 ′ E), seaward side, intertidal, green algae Ulva sp. on rocks, 25 December 1983 , coll. H.E. Stoddart (WA-272) ; 10+ specimens, AM P.79369, off end of South Mole , Arthur Head , Fremantle (32 ◦ 03 ′ S, 115 ◦ 44 ′ E), 6 m , sponges, 25 December 1983 , coll. R . T . Springthorpe (WA-276); 10+ specimens, AM P.79374, Red Bluff , Kalbarri (27 ◦ 42 ′ S, 114 ◦ 09 ′ E), 3–4 m , rocky shore, mixed algae, sediment, 10 January 1984 , coll. R . T . Springthorpe (WA-474); 3 specimens , AM P.79382, off end of South Mole , Arthur Head , Fremantle (32 ◦ 03 ′ S, 115 ◦ 44 ′ E), 6 m , sponge, detritus, epizoic growth, green algae Caulerpa sp., 25 December 1983 , coll. J.K. Lowry (WA-287) ; 1 specimen , MV J57191 , reef 500 m offshore, Port Gregory (28 ◦ 12 ′ 00 ′′ S, 114 ◦ 15 ′ 00 ′′ E), 28 April 1986 , coll. G.C.B. Poore ( SWA 102 ) ; 10+ specimens, AM P.79852, west of Rottnest Island (32 ◦ 00 ′ S, 115 ◦ 16 ′ E), exposed reef flat, sea urchin test Echinometra mathaei Blainville, 1825 , 1 November 1982 , coll. D. Jones. Distribution Australia . South coast Western Australia (current study; Barnard 1974 ).