A review of the scopelocheirid amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea), with the description of new taxa from Australian waters Author Kilgallen, Niamh M. Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia niamh.kilgallen@austmus.gov.au Author Lowry, James K. Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2015 2015-03-05 91 1 1 43 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.91.8440 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.91.8440 1860-0743-1-1 CAFFC884904F40C2AACF12BE3A2F3ECC FF8CFFC4FFA2166F883BFF8BFFE31C49 575740 Aroui hamatopodus Lowry & Stoddart, 1989 Figure 2 Aroui hamatopodus Lowry & Stoddart, 1989: 114, figs 2-4. - Springthorpe and Lowry 1994 : 18. - Lowry and Stoddart 2003 : 249. - Berge et al. 2004 : 1719 (table 1). Type material. Holotype, male, 7.8 mm, AM P.38460. Paratypes: female, 8.0 mm (with oostegites), AM P.38461; 9 specimens, AM P.38462. Additional Australian material examined. New South Wales : 9 specimens, AM P.43490 [NSW-945]; 1 specimen, AM P.44276 [NSW-946]; 1825 specimens, AM P.44256 [NSW-944], off Wollongong ( 34°31.48'S , 151°13.22'E ), 200 m, baited trap, 27-28 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E ; 8 specimens, AM P.44238, off Wollongong ( 34°31.48'S , 151°13.22'E ), 200 m, baited trap, 28-29 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-962]; 1 specimen, AM P.44452, off Wollongong ( 34°32.25'S , 151°15.16'E ), 300 m, baited trap, 6-7 May 1993, P. Freewater, S.J. Keable & W. Vader, MV Robin E [NSW-783]; 23 specimens, AM P.44426 [NSW-801]; 2 specimens, AM P.44437 [NSW-802], off Wollongong ( 34°32.53'S , 151°15.0'E ), 300 m, baited trap, 7-8 May 1993, P. Freewater, S.J. Keable & W. Vader, MV Robin E ; 4 specimens, AM P.47032, off Wollongong ( 34°32.08'S , 151°12.55'E ), 200 m, baited trap, 7-8 May 1993, P. Freewater, S.J. Keable & W. Vader, MV Robin E [NSW-797]. Type locality. Australia, New South Wales, from stomach of a jackass morwong (tarakihi), Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801), 73-183 m depth. Depth range. 73-620 m ( Lowry and Stoddart 1989 ). Distribution. Australia : North-east of Rowley Shoals, Western Australia; Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, to off Wollongong, New South Wales ( Lowry and Stoddart 1989 , this study). Figure 2. Distribution of Aroui hamatopodus Lowry & Stoddart, 1989. Star indicates type locality. Ecology. Taken in baited traps (this study). Also recorded feeding on dead spatangoids, Taimanawa mortenseni Henderson & Fell, 1969 ( Lowry and Stoddart 1989 ).