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 7dbcc655-553b-4d35-8562-1a98c4555b89 1175-5326 232164 F9ED6784-D8C0-409E-9E4F-73879B265BC4 Quadrimaera viridis ( Haswell, 1880 ) ( Fig. 47 ) Moera viridis Haswell, 1880 : 333 –334, pl. 21, fig. 2. Elasmopus viridis .— Stebbing 1906 : 445 .— Stebbing, 1910 : 683 .— Chevreux, 1908 :482 . Maera viridis .— Chilton 1916 : 362 –365, figs. 3, 4.— Chilton, 1921 : 73 .— J.L. Barnard, 1972a : 227 –231, figs 133–135.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003 : 187 (catalogue). Maera inaequipes .— Hale 1929 : 214 –215, fig. 212 (not M. inaequipes Costa). Quadrimaera viridis .— Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo 2000 : 195 .— Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005 : tab. 1. Material examined. Western Australia : 6 specimens , AM P.79346, outer edge of Ningaloo Reef off Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park, 21°59'00"S , 113°54'30"E , 12 m , encrusting invertebrates on plate coral, 2 January1984 , coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 359; 8 specimens , AM P.79324, inshore limestone reef off Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park, 21°59'S , 113°55'E , 1.5 m , "crinkly" brown alga, 2 January 1984 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 379; 15 specimens , AM P.79317, off Possession Point, King George Sound, 35°03'S , 11°758'E, 7 m , finger sponges and algae, 14 December 1983 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 136; many specimens, AM P.79365, off Possession Point, King George Sound, 35°03'S , 117°58'E , 7 m , mixed sponges and algae, 14 December 1983 , coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 135; many specimens, AM P.79314, near Mistaken Island , King George Sound, Vancouver Peninsula, 35°04'S , 117°56'E , 2 m , soft corals, 13 December 1983 , coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 105; 16 specimens , AM P.79420, near Mistaken Island , Vancouver Peninsula, King George Sound, 35°04'S , 117°56'E , 6 m , seagrass, 13 December 1983 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 121; 16 specimens , AM P.79339, near Mistaken Island , Vancouver Peninsula, King George Sound, 35°04'S , 117°56'E , 2 m , grey sponge with crinoids, 13 December 1983 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 114; many specimens, AM P.79360, rocks near Migo Island , Torbay Bay, Port Harding, 35°04'S , 117°39'E , 6–7 m , branched alga with compound tunicate on underside of branches, 15 December 1983 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe and J.K. Lowry, WA 152; 8 specimens , AM P.79376, rocky shore, Red Bluff, Kalbarri, 27°42'S , 11°49'E , 3–4 m , mixed algae, sediment, 10 January 1984 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 474; 26 specimens , AM P.79335, rocky shore, Red Bluff, Kalbarri, 27°42'S , 114°09'E , 1 m , stalked ascidians on rock ledge, 9 January 1984 , coll. H.E. Stoddart, WA 445; 14 specimens , AM P.79328, rocks near Migo Island , Torbay Bay, Port Harding, 35°04'S , 117°39'E , 6–7 m , mixed sponges, 15 December 1983 , coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 141; 4 specimens , AM P.79384, rocks near Migo Island , Port Harding, Torbay Bay, 35°04'S , 117°39'E , 6–7 m , red sponges with zoanthid, black-spotted white ascidian, 15 December 1983 , coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 151; 14 specimens , AM P.79333, reef west of groyne, 2 km south of Cape Peron, 32°16'S , 115°41'E , 3 m , tough red alga, 26 December 1983 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 299; 1 specimen , NMV J56565 , point at north end of Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay, 34°58'12"S , 118°10'48"E , 5m , tufted red algae and soft erect bryozoan, 20 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, SWA 72; 15 specimens , NMV J57014 , northeastern end, Vancouver Peninsula, 35°03'24"S , 117°56'12"E , 3 m , tufted red algae, soft coral and sponges, 8 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 22; 7 specimens , NMV J56990 , north side, Cape Riche, 34°37'00"S , 118°47'00"E , 7 m , date, SWA 49; 6 specimens , NMV J57002 , north of False Island , King George Sound, 35°00'42"S , 118°10'06"E , 27 m , red algae and bryozoan, 15 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 57; 10 specimens , NMV J56982 , north side, Cape Riche, 34°37'00"S , 118°47'00"E , 6 m , sponges on vertical rock face, 12 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 47; 2 specimens , NMV J56995 , northeastern end, Vancouver Peninsula, 35°03'24"S , 117°56'12"E , 10 m , red algae, 8April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 19; 7 specimens , NMV J56904 , northeastern end, Vancouver Peninsula, 35°03'24"S , 117°56'12"E , 10 m , red algae, 8 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 24; 10 specimens , NMV J56591 , northern side, West Island , 35°37'00"S , 138°36'00"E , 4 m , macroalga Ecklonia sp. holdfast, 21 March 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SA 45; 3 specimens , NMV J56589 , 1 km offshore, Seven Mile Beach, North of Dongara, 29°12'00"S , 114°53'00"E , 9 m , 27 April 1986 , SWA 98; 7 specimens , NMV J56590 , 1 km offshore, Seven Mile Beach, north of Dongara, 29°12'00"S , 114°53'00"E , 9 m , 27 April 1986 , SWA 99; 1 specimens , NMV J56588 , Seven Mile Beach, north of Dongara, 29°12'00"S , 114°53'00"E , 1 m , 22 April 1986 , SWA 83; 2 specimens , NMV J56592 , Seven Mile Beach, north of Dongara, 29°12'00"S , 114°53'00"E , 1.0 m, 24 April 1986 , SWA 91; 2 specimens , NMV J56566 , point at north end of Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay, 34°58'12"S , 118°10'48"E , 5.0 m, 18 April 1986 , SWA 73; 8 specimens , NMV J56567 , point at north end of Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay, 34°58'12"S , 118°10'48 E, 5.0 m, 18 April 1986 , SWA 78. South Australia : several specimens, SAMA C6530, 1300 m offshore, Cape Northumberland, 38°3'29"S , 140°39'43"E , red alga community, 1976–1977 , coll. S.A. Shepherd; several specimens, SAMA C6735, Fowlers Bay Jetty, west of Ceduna, 31°59'24"S , 132°26'20"E , 2 March 1993 , coll. W. Zeidler, K.L. Gowlett-Holmes and B. McHenry; several specimens, SAMA C6529, Greenly Island , 34°38'46"S , 134°46'59"E , in weed, 28 November 1976 , coll. W. Zeidler; 2 specimens , NMV J56564 , "The Hotspot" reef, 4–5 nautical miles west of northern end of Flinders Island , 33°40'30"S , 134°22'00"E , 17 m , macroalga Cystophora sp. holdfast on exposed rocky bottom, 19 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 61; 2 specimens , NMV J56563 , northeastern side of Topgallant Island , Investigator Group, 33°43'00"S , 134°36'36"E , 7.0 m, brown alga Acrocarpia aniculata and red algae, 22 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 83; 1 specimen , NMV J56562 , "The Hotspot" reef, 5 nautical miles west of Flinders Island , 33°40'48"S , 134°22'30"E , 21 m , tufted red algae and soft red bryozoan, 20 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 72; 1 specimen , NMV J56561 , northeastern side of Topgallant Island , Investigator Group, 33°43'00"S , 134°36'36"E , 16 m , alga Cystophora sp., 22 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 84; several specimens, SAMA C6531, 18.6 miles west north west of Rapid Head, Gulf of St Vincent, 35°31'08"S , 138°10'01"E , in sponges and bryozoans, in prawn trawl, 5 June 1987 , coll. K.L. Gowlett-Homes and S. Corigliano, FV Rivoli Queen ; several specimens, SAMA C6533, East Bay, St Francis Island , Nuyts Archipelago, 33°30'6"S , 133°17'24”E , 1 February 2002 , coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C6532, Western side of Smooth Island , Nuyts Archipelago, 33°30'6"S , 133°17'24”E , kelp dominated, February 2002 , coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C6705, Moonta Bay Jetty, YorkePeninsula, 34°2'30"S , 137°33'0"E , Jetty pylons, rubble, sand and seagrass Posidonia sp., 15 December 1994 , coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6543, approximately 1.5 km W of Cape Jaffa, 36°56'43"S , 139°39'57"E , undulating reef algae, 15 February 1989 , coll. W Zeidler; several specimens, SAMA C6537, Lagoon East of Margaret Brock Reef Lighthouse, off Cape Jaffa, 36°57'09"S , 139°39'52"E , stringy ascidian, 18 February 1989 , coll. W. Zeidler and K. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6534, approximately 3 km west north west of Margaret Brock Reef Lighthouse, South East, Cape Jaffa, 36°57'9"S , 139°39'52"E , reef, ridges, algae, sand, 17 February 1989 coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6542, South East, between Godfrey Islands, Cape Thomas, 37°5'19"S , 139°43'20"E , soft rock, reef, algae, sand, 16 February 1989 , coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6576, Fanny Point, Boston Island , Eyre Penninsula, 34°44'02"S , 135°55'45'E, on Sargassum sp. algae, 17 February 1988 , coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6536, Penneshaw Jetty, Kangaroo Island , 35°43'00"S , 137°56'30"E , Pilons, sand, weed, 31 January 1989 , coll. K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6538, northern side of Point Ellen Reef, Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island , 35°59'13"S , 137°12'25"E , boulders, sand, 26 January 1989 , coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6539, NorthPoint St. Francis Island , Nuyts Archipelago, 33°30'30"S , 133°14'48"E , kelp-dominated, February 2002 , coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C6540, North west of Freeling Island , Nuyts Archipelago, 33°30'30"S , 133°14'48"E , mixed fucoid, February 2002 , coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C6535, Edithburg Jetty, Yorke Penninsula, 35°6'0"S , 137°43'60"E , in bryozoan-sponge mass, 26 November 1985 , coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C6541, Edithburg Jetty, Yorke Penninsula, 35°6'0"S , 137°43'60"E , in sponge bryozoan mass, 26 November 1985 , coll. W. Zeidler, K.L. Gowlett- Homes and T. Stranks; 3 specimens , NMV J56568 , "The "Hotspot" reef, 5 nautical miles west of northern end of Flinders Island , 33°40'30"S , 134°22'00"E , 17 m , 19 April 1985 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 65. New South Wales : many specimens, AM P.72913, East Wall, north of Burrewarra Point, 35°50'1"S , 150°14'9"E , 25 m , macroalga Corallina berteri , 25 October 2002 , coll. G.D.F. Wilson, A.J. Millar andN. Yee, NSW 1987. Tasmania: 2 specimens , AM P.83563, Joes Bight, Freycinet Peninsula, 42°16'42"S , 148°18'42"E , 17 m , flat red algae with under surface heavily encrusted with epiphytes, 1 May 1991 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe and S.J. Keable, TAS 346; 4 specimens , AM P.83564, Joes Bight, Freycinet Peninsula, 42°16'42"S , 148°18'42"E , 17 m , Ecklonia sp. holdfasts, 1 May 1991 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe and S.J. Keable, TAS 329; many specimens, AM P.83567, Rocky Cape, 40°51'S , 145°31'E , 6 m , algae, 8 December 1977 , coll. C.J. Short, TAS-5; 1 specimen , AM P.83560, east of Hannants Bight, Cape Sorell, 42°11'30"S , 145°11'30"E , 15 m , mixed sponges, 28 April 1991 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS 308; 4 specimens , AM P.83557, north side of Esperance Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 43°19'30"S , 14°75'30"E , 14 m , mixed red algae, sponges and Caulerpa sp., 18 April 1991 ,coll. S.J. Keable, J.K. Lowry and R.T. Springthorpe, TAS 179; many specimens, AM P.83562, north side of Esperance Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 43°19'30"S , 14°75'30"E , 13 m , sponges, lace bryozoan, red algae and? Vittaticella , 18 April 1991 ,coll. S.J. Keable, J.K. Lowry and R.T. Springthorpe, TAS 187; many specimens, AM P.83559, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island , 43°19'48"S , 147°19'12"E 15 m , macroalga Ecklonia sp. holdfasts, 23 April 1991 ,coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS-252; 1 specimen , AM P.83561, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay,Bruny Island , 43°19'48"S , 147°19'12"E , 15 m , red algae, 23 April 1991 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS-253; 1 specimen , AM P.83558, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island , 43°19'48"S , 147°19'12"E , 15 m , sponges, 23 April 1991 ,coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS-249; 4 specimens , AM P.83566, Quiet Corner, Adventure Bay, South Bruny Island , 43°21'30"S , 147°19'30"E , 3 m , orange "frilly"bryozoan, 22 April 1991 ,coll. P.B. Berents and P.M. Berents, TAS 235; 6 specimens , AM P.83565, Quiet Corner, Adventure Bay, South Bruny Island , 43°21'30"S , 147°19'30"E , 1–2 m , kelp holdfasts, 22 April 1991 , coll. P.B. Berents and P.M. Berents, TAS 233. Norfolk Island : 1 specimen , AM P.81498, east of Sail Rock, Phillip Island , 29°06'54"S , 167°57'31"E , 10.6 m , red algae with encrusting fauna, 14 May 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 23; 1 specimen , AM P.81499, Cow Bay, Phillip Island , 29°09"S , 167°57'03"E , 12.8 m , red sponge like algae, 14 May 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 33; 1 male , dissected, 4 slides, AM P.81500, dive site ‘The Wall’, Nepean Island , 29°04'17"S , 167°57'40"E , 10 m , tufted red and brown algae, 15 May 2008 , coll. J.K. Lowry, MI NFK 43. FIGURE 47. Quadrimaera viridis (Haswell, 1880) 4.5 mm, AM P.81500, Norfolk Island, scales 0.1 mm. Type locality. Clark Island , Port Jackson, New South Wales , Australia . Distribution. Australia : Western Australia : Cottesloe; Albany; King George Sound; Cape Range National Park; Port Harding; Kalbarri; Cape Peron; Vancouver Peninsula; Cape Riche; Dongara; Two Peoples Bay ( J.L. Barnard 1972a; current study ); South Australia : Flinders Island ; Investigator Group; Cape Northumberland; Ceduna; Greenly Island ; Gulf of St Vincent; Nuyts Archipelago; Yorke Peninsula; Kangaroo Island ; Point Noarlunga; Eyre Penninsula; Cape Jaffa; Cape Thomas ( J.L. Barnard 1972a; current study ); Victoria: Port Phillip ( J.L. Barnard 1972a ); New South Wales : Port Jackson; Burrewarra Point (Haswell 1879; Chiton 1916 ; current study); Tasmania: eastern slope of Bass Strait; Freycinet Peninsula; Rocky Cape; Cape Sorell; D'Entrecasteaux Channel; Bruny Island ( Chilton 1921; current study ); Lord Howe Island ( Chilton 1916 ); Norfolk Island : Phillip Island ; Nepean Island (current study).