New species of Hoho, Mallacoota and Parelasmopus (Maeridae: Amphipoda) from Australian waters
Author
HUGHES, L. E.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-07-08
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1
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Hoho cornishi
Hughes & Lowry, 2006
Hoho cornishi
Hughes &
Lowry, 2005: 29–33
, figs 15, 16.
Type
locality.
Muttonbird Island
,
Solitary Islands
,
New South Wales
(
30°17'S
153°10"E)
.
Material examined
.
Western Australia
.
1 male
,
1 female
,
AM
P.18296, north-west of
Perth
(
30°45'S
114°52'E
),
60 m
,
11 August 1962
, coll.
CSIRO
Fisheries, HMAS
Gascoyne
(G2/62/179);
6 specimens
,
MV
J57208
,
Cliff Head
,
30 km
south of
Dongara
(
29°32’00”S
114°59’00”E
),
3 m
,
22 April 1986
(
SWA 84
)
.
South Australia
.
5 specimens
,
MV
J62164
. boat ramp,
Giles Point
, near
Port Giles
(35º03”00’S 137º46”00’E),
1 m
,
19 March 1985
(
SA 38
)
;
2 males
, C6483,
Fanny Point
,
Boston Island
,
Eyre Penninsula
(
34º44’2”S
135º55’45”E
),
1.5–8 m
, on brown alga
Sargassum
sp.
,
17 February 1988
, coll.
W. Zeidler
and
K. Gowlett-Holmes.
FIGURE 3.
Hoho carteta
(J.L.
Barnard, 1972
)
holotype male, 8.8 mm, WAM C10475, Albany, Western Australia.
Remarks.
This extends the known distribution of
H. cornishi
from south-eastern
Australia
to southern
Western Australia
.
Distribution.
Australia
.
Western Australia
: Dongara (current study).
South Australia
: Port Giles; Eyre Penninsula (current study).
Victoria
: Kilcunda (current study).
New South Wales
: Tweed Heads; Solitary Islands; Botany Bay; Jervis Bay; Batemans Bay (
Hughes & Lowry 2006
).