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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Elasmopus molokai
Barnard, 1970
(
Figs 11
,
12
)
Elasmopus molokai
J.L. Barnard, 1970
: 121
, figs 71, 72.—
J.L. Barnard, 1971a
: 75
.—
Vader & Krapp-Schickel, 2012
: 1198
(key).
Material examined.
1 male
,
4.6 mm
, dissected, 4 slides,
WAM
C46267, Cassini
Island
, The Kimberley, Western
Australia
,
13°55'S
,
125°37'E
1.3 m
,
16 October 2010
, coll. L. Betteridge, Woodside Kimberley Survey, 32/K10, adhoc.
Type
locality.
Oahu, Hawaii.
Remarks.
This is the first record of this species in
Australia
and the most westerly record for this species.
Distribution.
Indian Ocean:
Australia
: Western
Australia
: Arthur Head, Kalbarri, Ned’s, Camp, Jackson
Island
, Cassini
Island
(current study). North Pacific Ocean: Hawaii, Oahu (
Barnard 1970
).