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
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Elasmopus integer
Myers, 1989
(
Figs 9
,
10
)
Elasmopus integer
Myers, 1989
: 68
–70, figs. 5–6.—
Vader & Krapp-Schickel, 2012
: 1197
(key).
Material examined.
Western
Australia
.
1 male
,
5.5 mm
, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.92257, Descartes
Island
, The Kimberley,
14°11'S
,
125°40'E
,
20 July 1988
, coll. P.A. Hutchings, Stn 70;
2 specimens
, AM P.92256, Descartes
Island
, The Kimberley,
14°11'S
,
125°40'E
,
20 July 1988
, coll. P.A. Hutchings, Stn 70.
Type
locality.
Bora Bora, Society Islands.
Remarks.
The presence of robust setae on the male gnathopod 2 basis anterodistal corner is known for
Elasmopus integer
,
E. hooheno
J.L. Barnard, 1970
,
E. pseudinteger
Appadoo & Myers, 2003
and
E. arafura
Hughes & Lowry, 2011
. Of these species, only
E. integer
and
E. pseudinteger
have an entire telson. The presence of long slender setae on the margins of the pereopods and uropod 3 rami confirm this material as
E. integer
and not the closely related
E. pseudinteger
reported from
Mauritius
.
The telson of specimens examined here varies slightly from the original material with a small suture along the apical margin, not illustrated in the Society Islands material.
Distribution.
Pacific Ocean: Society Islands (
Myers 1989
). Indian Ocean:
Australia
Western
Australia
: The Kimberley (current study).