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 metinaro Hughes, 2015 ( Figs 36–38 ) Quadrimaera metinaro Hughes, 2015: 102 , figs 22–24. Material examined. Male , 4.6 mm , dissected 4 slides, AM P.92526, south end of McCluer Island , Northern Territory, 11°6'S , 133°00'E , 0 m, red algae, 18 October 1982 , coll. J.K. Lowry, NT 63; 1 male , 4 mm , dissected, 3 slides, AM P.92527, south end of McCluer Island , Northern Territory, 11°6'S , 133°E, 0 m, red algae, 18 October 1982 , coll. J.K. Lowry NT 63; 1 c female, 4.2 mm , dissected, 1 slide, AM P.92528, south end of McCluer Island , Northern Territory, 11°6'S , 133°00'E , 0 m, red algae, 18 October 1982 , coll. J.K. Lowry, NT 63; 10 specimens , AM P.78319, south end of McCluer Island , Northern Territory, 11°6'S , 133°E, 0 m, red algae, 18 October 1982 , coll. J.K. Lowry, NT 63; 2 specimens , AM P.77903, reef at west end of Oxley Island , 1100'S, 13249'E, 5 m , red sponge on dead hard coral Acropora sp., 20 October 1982 , coll. J.K. Lowry, NT 79; 1 juvenile specimen, AM P.78318, reef on north side of New Year Island , 10°54'S , 133°02'E , 2 m , red algae, 13 October 1982 , coll. G.C.B. Poore, NT 1. Type locality. East of Metinaro , Secret Garden Reef, Timor-Leste , 8°29'15"S , 125°49'53"E . Variation. Adult male of 4.6 mm (AM P.92526) with well developed lobes on the gnathopod 2 basis, which are not present on smaller male and female specimens of 4 mm and 4.2 mm body length (AM P.92527 and AM P.92528). Remarks. Specimens from the Northern Territory have only three robust setae on each telsonic lobe, for both juveniles and adults, in contrast to the type material from Timor-Leste , which has four robust setae. With only one seta difference the, material is attributed to Q. metinaro . Quadrimaera mirandelle Appadoo& Myers, 2002 from Mauritius has a similar gnathopod 2 propodus palm to Q. metinaro , and the telson has 5 robust setae. With Q. metinaro from Northern Territory presenting an intermediate telson setal number the possibility that these latter species is a junior synonym was considered, but the gnathopod 2 dactylus is more medially broad in Q. mirandelle . Distribution. Timor-Leste (Hughes 2015). Australia : Northern Territory: McCluer Island , Oxley Island , New Year Island (current study).