Ritaumius longicornis Ledoyer, 1978

Myers, Alan, 2004, Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the family Aoridae (Corophiidea) from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3123-3135 : 3134

Ritaumius longicornis Ledoyer

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Ritaumius longicornis Ledoyer, 1978: 258 , figure 22I.

Material examined. Two males, Ile aux Fous, 17.8 m, 24 September 2001, 19‡39.023’S, 63‡22.934’E, under dead piece of plate coral over rubble.

Remarks. This species is easily recognized by the lack of rami on uropod 3 and by the elongate merus and short carpus of pereopods 3–4.

Distribution. This species was described by Ledoyer (1978) from Mauritius. The current record extends its known distribution within the Mascarene Islands.

Figures

FIG. 8. (a)Bemlos pseudopunctatus(Ledoyer), Rivière Banane; (b) Ritaumius longicornis Ledoyer, Ile aux Fous.