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 bollonsi Chilton, 1915 Elasmopus bollonsi Chilton, 1915: 328 , figs 11, 12. Schellenberg, 1938: 39 . Hurley, 1954: 603 . Barnard, 1958: 50 . Barnard, 1972: 98 , figs 48, 49. Barnard, 1974: 18 , figs 11–13. Lowry, 1974: 112 , 125, figs 8F, 9G. Lowry and Fenwick, 1983: 223 . Barnard and Barnard, 1983: 627 . Lowry and Stoddart, 2003: 178 . Type locality Off Three Kings Islands , north of New Zealand (34 ◦ 9 ′ S, 172 ◦ 8 ′ E). Material examined Western Australia . 1 specimen , AM P.79307, reef close to shore, Champion Bay , Geraldton (28 ◦ 45 ′ 52.8 ′′ S, 114 ◦ 36 ′ 49.8 ′′ E), 0.5 m , kelp Ecklonia radiata on shallow rocky reef at low tide, collected by hand, 28 November 2000 , coll. R . A. Peart ( WA 719 ) ; 7 specimens , AM P.79855, Esperance Harbour (33 ◦ 52 ′ S, 121 ◦ 54 ′ E), pylon scrapings, 17 March 2002 , coll. Western Australian Museum party ( WAES IH TJD Qual ) . South Australia . Several specimens, SAM C6462 , lagoon east of Margaret Brock Reef Lighthouse , off Cape Jaffa (36 ◦ 57 ′ 9 ′′ S, 139 ◦ 39 ′ 51 ′′ E), 18 February 1989 ; several specimens, SAM C 6461, 300 m offshore, Cape Northumberland (38 ◦ 3 ′ 28 ′′ S, 140 ◦ 39 ′ 43 ′′ E), collected between 1976 and 1977; several specimens, SAM C6633 , Pearson Islands , Investigator Group (33 ◦ 57 ′ 3 ′′ S, 134 ◦ 16 ′ 4 ′′ E), 25 November 1976 , coll. W. Zeidler ; 1 specimen , MV J57148 , northeast side of Topgallant Island , Investigator Group (33 ◦ 43 ′ 00 ′′ S, 134 ◦ 36 ′ 36 ′′ E), 7.0 m, 22 April 1985 , coll. K. Brandon and G.C.B. Poore ( SA 83 ) . Distribution Australia . South coast Western Australia (current study; Barnard 1974 ); South Australia (current study). New Zealand . Three Kings Islands, Kaikoura, The Snares ( Chilton 1915 ; Barnard 1972 ; Lowry and Fenwick 1976).