New species and new records of Ampithoidae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) from Australian Waters
Author
Hughes, Lauren E.
Author
Peart, Rachael A.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3719
1
1
102
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3719.1.1
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Cymadusa alyxis
Hughes & Lowry, 2009
(
Fig. 11
)
Cymadusa alyxis
Hughes & Lowry, 2009: 171
–174, figs 11–12, pl. 1D.
Type
locality.
Picnic Beach, Palfrey
Island
, Lizard
Island
, Queensland,
Australia
(
14°41.69’S
145°26.89’E
).
Material examined.
Norfolk Island
:
Male
,
11.8 mm
, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.90108, Emily Bay (
29°03’36”S
167°57’12”E
),
3 m
, rubble encrusted in algae,
20 May 2008
, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 89); many specimens, AM P.81601, Emily Bay (
29°03’36”S
167°57’12”E
),
3 m
, rubble encrusted in algae,
20 May 2008
, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 89);
4 specimens
, AM P.81600, Emily Bay (
29°03’36”S
167°57’12”E
),
4 m
, green algae
Caulerpa racemosa
and large pieces of rubble with encrusting algae,
20 May 2008
, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 88);
9 specimens
, AM P.81603, Emily Bay (
29°03’36”S
167°57’12”E
),
3.7 m
, rubble on sand,
20 May 2008
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 82);
6 specimens
, AM P.81604, Emily Bay (
29°03’36”S
167°57’12”E
),
4 m
, tubes and rubble with encrusting algae,
20 May 2008
, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 87);
13 specimens
, AM P.81602, Cathedral Rock (
29°00’13”S
167°56’57”E
),
10.7 m
, sediment and algae from rock face,
13 May 2008
, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 8).
Distribution.
Australia
. Queensland: Lizard
Island
(Hughes & Lowry, 2009). Tasman Sea:
Norfolk Island
(current study).