A revision of the lysianassid genus Waldeckia with the description of four new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae, Waldeckiinae subfam. nov.)
Author
Lowry, J. K.
Author
Kilgallen, N. M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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Waldeckia selayarensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs 21
,
25
e)
Waldeckia kroyeri kroyeri
Pirlot, 1936
: 268
, fig. 105C.
Types
.
Holotype
, male, approximately 13.0 mm, ZMA.CRUS.P.9835–9847, Banda Sea,
Indonesia
(
7°0.0’S
120°34.5’E
),
120–400 m
, pale grey mud to coralline sand, dredge,
1–2/05/1899
,
Siboga
stn 65a.
Additional material examined.
Western
Australia
:
5 specimens
, AM P.55084, [01-B18-S] North West Shelf (
20°1.2’S
116°57.5’E
)
22/02/1983
, epibenthic sled, coll.
CSIRO
North-West Shelf project on the FRV
Soela
.
Indonesia
:
1 juvenile
,
ZMA
.
CRUS
.P.9805–9809, Sailus Ketjil, Paternoster Islands [= Pulu Tenga,
Indonesia
, Bali Sea, approximately
7°30.0’S
117°30.0’E
], to
27 m
, coral and coral sand, dredge or Monaco-trap,
30–31 March 1899
,
Siboga
stn 37;
2 specimens
,
ZMA
.
CRUS
.P.9810–9811 and
ZMA
.
CRUS
.P.9812–9813, anchorage off Pulu Sarassa, Postillon Islands, [= Sabatana,
Flores
Sea,
Indonesia
, approx.
6°30.0’S
119°00.0’E
],
36 m
, coral, dredge, 4–
5
April, 1899,
Siboga
stn 43;
1 female
,
ZMA
.
CRUS
.P.9814–9816, southern part of Molo Strait, [
Indonesia
, approx.
9°00.0’N
120°00.0’E
],
69–91 m
, fine sand or hard sand with broken shells and stones, dredge and trawl,
19/04/1899
,
Siboga
stn 51;
1 male
,
ZMA
.
CRUS
.P.9817–9834, Banda Sea,
Indonesia
],
7°00.0’S
120°34.5’E
,
120– 400 m
, pale grey mud to coralline sand, dredge,
1–2/05/1899
,
Siboga
stn 65a;
1 male
,
ZMA
.
CRUS
.P.9848–9852, [north-west of Waigeo Island,
Indonesia
],
0°03.8’N
130°24.3’E
,
141 m
, fine and coarse sand with dead shells, dredge,
14 August 1899
,
Siboga
stn 153.
Etymology
. Named for the Selayar Islands,
Indonesia
, close to the
type
locality.
FIGURE 21.
Waldeckia selayarensis
sp. nov.
holotype male, ~13.0 mm, ZMA.CRUS.P.9835–9847, Banda Sea, Indonesia (approx. 7°0.0’S 120°34.5’E). Scale bars: G1, 2, P5–7, 0.5 mm; U1–3, 0.25 mm.
Diagnostic description
. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, broadly rounded. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without anterodistal projection. Labrum, epistome and upper lip fused. Mandible palp article 2 anterodistal margin setose; article 3 with marginal and apical setae. Labium without apical stylets on each lobe. Gnathopod 1 parachelate; basis anterior margin with slender setae; propodus posterior margin smooth.
Gnathopod 2 subchelate
; carpus long; propodus palm transverse, concave;
dactylus not fitting palm
.
Pereopod 6 basis posteroventral margin rounded
.
Pereopod 7 basis, posterior margin slightly rounded, serrate
,
posteroventral margin straight
.
Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner narrowly rounded
. Urosomites 1–3 dorsally smooth. Uropod 1 rami subequal in length; uropod 2 rami subequal in length; uropod 3 inner ramus shorter than outer ramus, reaching to article 2 of outer ramus.
Depth range.
27–
400 m
.
Remarks.
Pirlot (1936)
originally recorded this species as
Waldeckia kroyeri kroyeri
. We have re-examined the material described by him and concluded that it in fact represents a distinct species. Although the differences between the taxa are subtle,
W
.
selayarensis
sp. nov.
can be distinguished from
W
.
kroyeri
by the more rounded shape of the posteroventral margin of the pereopod 6 basis, the broader palm and larger, more slender dactylus of gnathopod 2, and the subequal lengths of the uropod 2 rami. The body size of
W
.
selayarensis
sp. nov.
is also noticeably smaller than that of
W
.
kroyeri
.
Distribution.
Australia
: North West Shelf, Western
Australia
.
Indonesia
: Paternoster Islands; Postillon Islands; Molo Strait; Banda Sea; Waigeo Island.