Rhinoecetes

Just, Jean, 2012, Siphonoecetini Just, 1983 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Ischyroceridae) 10: Belkginoecetes gen. nov., Tropicoecetes gen. nov. and Rhinoecetes Just, 1983 from north-eastern and northern Australian shallow water, with eight new species, Zootaxa 3528, pp. 1-28 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.282760
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6181083
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB230B-FFAF-FFBE-FF08-5D80E224F81E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Rhinoecetes
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Rhinoecetes View in CoL ? rhinoceros Just, 2012

Material examined. NE of Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 18°30'S, 146°40'E, 41 m, muddy sand, dredge, Poore & Lew Ton, 24 November 1982, stn. AIMS 6, NMV J9565 (1 damaged Ƥ with oostegites, 3.5 mm).

The single female is similar to 2 males from Moreton Bay off Brisbane tentatively referred to Rhinoecetes rhinoceros in Just (2012, fig. 7MBc lv) on account of the characteristic upcurved rostrum. Like the Moreton Bay specimens, this female is about half the size of similarly developed females from the type locality near Sydney. It still is not possible to ascertain if these ‘miniature’ specimens ought to be recognised as a separate species.