Gnathia grutterae Ferreira, Smit and Davies, 2010

Svavarsson, Jörundur & Bruce, Niel L., 2019, New gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from Heron Island and Wistari Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef, Zootaxa 4609 (1), pp. 31-67 : 62-63

Gnathia grutterae Ferreira, Smit and Davies, 2010

( Fig. 26A, B )

Gnathia grutterae Ferreira, Smit & Davies, 2010: 41 , figs 1–3.

Material examined. 6 ♂ (2.6–2.8 mm), Heron Island–Wistari Reef channel, 23.4520°S, 151.9078°E, 30 August 1979, 20 m, coll. N.L. Bruce ( MTQ W10694, 1 ♂ UI 2017.1 ) . ♂ (3.0 mm), Heron Island , “The Patches”, mid- channel, 23°26.469’S, 151°53.697’E, 28 November 2009, samples generally silty, rubble, 18 m, CReefs stn HI09- 123C, coll. K. Schnabel and CReefs party ( MTQ W31669) . ♂ (3.5 mm), Sykes Reef , 23°25.929’S, 152°02.924’E, 18 November 2009, 26 m, CReefs stn HI09-047, coll. S. Smith and A. Anderson ( MTQ W31663) . ♂ (3.0 mm), “ The Patches ”, 23°26.469’S, 151°53.697’E, 28 November 2009, 16– 18 m, CReefs stn HI09-123E, coll. K. Schnabel & CReefs party ( MTQ W31670) .

Remarks. Gnathia grutterae Ferreira, Smit & Davies, 2010 was reported from seven host fish species of the families Balistidae , Labridae and Tetraodontidae collected at Lizard Island ( Ferreira et al. 2010). The present specimens were collected from dead coral and coral rubble. The specimens from Heron Island are very similar to the type material, but the major frontolateral processes are laterally slightly crenulated ( Fig. 26A, B ), more than seen in the type specimens (figs 1 and 6 in Ferreira et al. 2010).

Distribution. Lizard Island, Heron Island, Queensland; at depths of 16 to 26 m.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Gnathia grutterae Ferreira, Smit & Davies, 2010, ♂, 2.8 mm (MTQ W10694). A, cephalosome, dorsal view. B, cephalosome, dorso-lateral view. Scale = 0.5 mm.