Aoridae (Amphipoda: Corophioidea) from the Austral Isles
Author
Alan A Myers
text
Records of the Australian Museum
2005
57
355
360
journal article
2201-4349
Globosolembos excavatus
(Myers)
Lembos excavatus
Myers, 1975: 32
, figs. 76–82; Ledoyer, 1982: 218, figs. 104–105 (in part).
Lembos processifer
.–Ledoyer, 1984: 35 (in part), fig. 16 (“forme 2”) (not
L. processifer
Pirlot, 1938: 330
, figs. 147–149).
Lembos (Globosolembos) excavatus
.–
Myers, 1985
a: 363, fig. 234.
Globosolembos excavatus
.–
Myers, 1986: 285
, figs. 11–12;
Myers, 1988: 329
; Myers, 1998: 195.
Material examined
.
AM
P54524 (433,
3♀♀
,
1 immature
), lagoon in front of
Puatai Rock
,
Avera
,
Rurutu
,
Austral Isles
,
1 m
depth
, rubble and algae inside reef platform,
J.K. Lowry
, 10
August
, 1991
;
AM
P47079 (
1♀
) same locality, collector and date, 0.5 m, sand, algae and mussels on shallow reef platform
;
AM
P54531 (13,
5♀♀
,
2 immatures
) near edge of lagoon at
Rairua
,
Raivavae
,
Austral Isles
, 0.5–
1 m
depth
, coarse sand and rubble,
J.K. Lowry
,
14 August 1991
.
Remarks
. Specimens from the Austral Isles closely resemble those collected in
Tonga
(
Myers, 1986
).
Habitat
. In sand and rubble, often in association with algae and phanerogammes.
Distribution
. East Africa,
Madagascar
, north eastern
Australia
,
New Caledonia
,
Tonga
, Austral Isles.