The genus Elasmopus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae) in Australian waters Author Hughes, L. E. Author Lowry, J. K. text Journal of Natural History 2011 2011-03-31 45 9 - 10 579 628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.534825 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2010.534825 1464-5262 4652513 Elasmopus spinicarpus Berents, 1983 Elasmopus spinicarpus Berents, 1983: 121 , figs 17–19. Springthorpe and Lowry, 1994: 31 . Lowry and Stoddart, 2003: 178 . Lowry and Hughes, 2009: 663–666 , figs 11–12. Type locality Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island , Queensland , Australia (14 ◦ 40 ′ 30 ′′ S, 145 ◦ 26 ′ 36 ′′ E). Material examined Cocos (Keeling) Islands . 4 specimens , AM P.81853 , Turks Reef (12 ◦ 6 ′ 43 ′′ S, 96 ◦ 49 ′ 42 ′′ E), 3.8 m , rubble, by hand on SCUBA , 10 October 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 816); 10+ specimens, AM P.81854, off West Island Jetty (12 ◦ 5 ′ 15 ′′ S, 96 ◦ 50 ′ 13 ′′ E), 1.5 m , rubble, by hand on SCUBA , 14 October 2008 , coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 843) . Distribution Indian Ocean. Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study). Australia . Queensland , Great Barrier Reef ( Berents 1983 ).