Globosolembos excavatus (Myers)

Alan A Myers, 2005, Aoridae (Amphipoda: Corophioidea) from the Austral Isles, Records of the Australian Museum 57, pp. 355-360 : 358

publication ID	2201-4349
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240594
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scientific name	Globosolembos excavatus (Myers)
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Globosolembos excavatus (Myers) View in CoL

Lembos excavatus Myers, 1975: 32 View in CoL , figs. 76–82; Ledoyer, 1982: 218, figs. 104–105 (in part).

Lembos processifer View in CoL .–Ledoyer, 1984: 35 (in part), fig. 16 (“forme 2”) (not L. processifer Pirlot, 1938: 330 View in CoL , figs. 147–149).

Lembos (Globosolembos) excavatus .– Myers, 1985 a: 363, fig. 234.

Globosolembos excavatus View in CoL .– Myers, 1986: 285, figs. 11–12; Myers, 1988: 329; Myers, 1998: 195.

Material examined. AM P54524 (433, 3♀♀, 1 immature), lagoon in front of Puatai Rock, Avera, Rurutu, Austral Isles, 1 m depth, rubble and algae inside reef platform, J.K. Lowry, 10 August, 1991 ; AM P47079 (1♀) same locality, collector and date, 0.5 m, sand, algae and mussels on shallow reef platform ; AM P54531 (13, 5♀♀, 2 immatures) near edge of lagoon at Rairua, Raivavae, Austral Isles, 0.5– 1 m depth, coarse sand and rubble, J.K. Lowry, 14 August 1991 .

Remarks. Specimens from the Austral Isles closely resemble those collected in Tonga ( Myers, 1986).

Habitat. In sand and rubble, often in association with algae and phanerogammes.

Distribution. East Africa, Madagascar, north eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga, Austral Isles.