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 micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002 in Appadoo, Myers & Fagoonee, 2002 ( Figs 39 , 40 ) Quadrimaera micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002 in Appadoo et al. , 2002 : 643 –646, figs 1, 2.? Quadrimaera inaequipes .—Ledoyer, 1982: 527–529, figure 198. Material examined. Cocos (Keeling) Islands : 1 male , 5.6 mm , dissected, 4 slides, AM P.98053, dive site ‘Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island , 12°05'15"S , 96°50'14"E , 8 m , rubble and green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 12 October 2008 , coll. J.K. Lowry, MI WA 836; 1 specimen , AM P.98054, dive site ‘Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island , 12°05'15"S , 96°50'14"E , 8 m , rubble and green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 12 October 2008 , coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 836; 1 female , dissected, 4 slides, AM P.98055, dive site "Surf Shack Drift", western side of West Island , 12°9'S , 96°48'E , 10 m , rubble with epiphytes, 15 October 2008 , coll. J.K. Lowry and L.E. Hughes, MI WA859; 2 specimens , AM P.82194, dive site ‘Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island , 12°5'15"S , 96°50'13"E , coral rubble, 12 October 2008 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 835; 1 specimen , AM P.82195, northern side of Direction Island , 12°5'4"S , 96°52'54"E , fine sediment, 8 October 2008 , coll. J.K. Lowry and K.B. Attwood, MI WA 784; 1 specimen , AM P.82197, centre of lagoon, 128°'49"S, 96°51'13"E , Acropora sp. coral dead with red epiphytic algae, 14 October 2008 , coll. K.B. Attwood and L.E. Hughes, MI WA 845; 1 specimen , AM P.82196, north east corner of the lagoon, 12°6'17"S , 96°51'11"E , seagrass base and stems based covered in epiphytes, seagrass beds Thalassia hemprichii , 10 October 2008 , coll. J.K. Lowry MI WA 810; 2 specimens , AM P.82193, dive site "Two Trees", western side of West Island , 12°9'34"S , 96°48'59"E , 15 October 2008 , coral Acropora sp. plate rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes and K.B. Attwood, MI WA 854. FIGURE 37. Quadrimaera metinaro Hughes, 2015 , a male 4.6 mm, AM P. 92527; b male 4 mm, AM P.92527; c female 4.2 mm, AM P. 92528, south end of McCluer Island, Northern Territory, scales 0.1 mm. FIGURE 38. Quadrimaera metinaro Hughes, 2015 male 4.6 mm, AM P. 92526, south end of McCluer Island, Northern Territory. FIGURE 39. Quadrimaera micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002 b male, 5.6 mm, AM P.98053, dive site ‘Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, scales, 0.1 mm. Western Australia : 1 male , 6.5 mm , dissected, 3 slides, AM P.91142, Shenton Bluff, Cape Leveque , Cygnet Bay, 16°28'38"S , 123°02'38E, 5.1 m , green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 22 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1076; 1 female specimen (damaged gnathopods), AM P.91141, Shenton Bluff, Cape Leveque , Cygnet Bay, 16°28'38"S , 123°02'38 E, 5.1 m , green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 22 May 2010 , coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1076. Type locality. La Cuvette, Mauritius , 20°00'S , 57°34.2'E . Remarks. These records extend the distribution of Q. micheli further east into the Indian Ocean, from Mauritius to Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Western Australia . Distribution. Indian Ocean: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study). Western Australia : Cygnet Bay (current study). Mauritius ( Appadoo et al. 2002 ).? Madagascar (Ledoyer 1982).