Elasmopus alalo Myers, 1986

Hughes, L. E. & Lowry, J. K., 2011, The genus Elasmopus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae) in Australian waters, Journal of Natural History 45 (9 - 10), pp. 579-628 : 583-584

Elasmopus alalo Myers, 1986

Elasmopus pseudaffinis Barnard, 1965: 501 , figs 12, 13. Ledoyer, 1972: 219, pls 38, 39. Ledoyer, 1978: 273, fig. 20a (in part). Berents, 1983: 118, figs 15, 16. Ledoyer, 1983: 480, figs 181, 182. Ledoyer, 1984: 65, fig. 30b. Ren, 1998: 203–205, fig. 6.

Elasmopus alalo Myers, 1986: 273 , figs 4, 5. Myers, 1995: 27. Lowry and Stoddart, 2003: 177. Lowry and Hughes, 2009: 646–649, figs 1, 2.

Material examined

Western Australia. 10+ specimens, AM P.79323, inshore limestone reef, Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park (21 ◦ 59 ′ S, 113 ◦ 55 ′ E), 1.5 m, brown alga, 2 January 1984, coll. R. T . Springthorpe (WA 379) ; 1 specimen, AM P.79344, inshore limestone reef, off south Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park (22 ◦ 00 ′ S, 113 ◦ 55 ′ E), 2 m, sea grass with rhizomes, 31 December 1983, coll. R. T . Springthorpe (WA 327) ; 14 specimens, AM P.79410, inshore limestone reef, Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park (21 ◦ 59 ′ S, 113 ◦ 55 ′ E), 1 m, green / brown algae, 2 January 1984, coll. R. T . Springthorpe (WA 373) ; 7 specimens, AM P.80013, northern side of pass, Ningaloo Reef (21 ◦ 52 ′ 55 ′′ S, 113 ◦ 58 ′ 22 ′′ E), 4.5 m, algae, by hand on SCUBA , 7 June 2008, coll. N.L. Bruce and M. Blazewicz-Paszkowycz (MI WA 970, NIN 005 ) ; 11 specimens, AM P.80014, inner lagoon, Ningaloo Reef (21 ◦ 53 ′ 43 ′′ S, 113 ◦ 59 ′ 21 ′′ E), 2.6 m, algae, by hand on SCUBA , 19 June 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 988, NR 20 ) ; 1 specimen, AM P.83316, reef northwest of Buffon Island, Bonaparte Archipelago (14 ◦ 55 ′ S, 124 ◦ 41 ′ E), 15–20 m, 23 July 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings (Hutching 88, Station 85); 10+ specimens, MAGNT Cr 016937, Bedout Island, north of Port Headland (19 ◦ 35 ′ 17 ′′ S, 119 ◦ 5 ′ 57 ′′ E) .

Cocos (Keeling) Islands. 10+ specimens, AM P.81858, northeast corner of the lagoon (12 ◦ 6 ′ 17 ′′ S, 96 ◦ 51 ′ 11 ′′ E), 3.0 m, seagrass base and stems covered in epiphytes, seagrass beds Thalassia hemprichii , by hand on SCUBA, 10 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI WA 810); 10+ specimens, AM P.81859, off West Island Jetty (12 ◦ 5 ′ 15 ′′ S, 96 ◦ 50 ′ 13 ′′ E), floating wrack brown algae Turbinaria sp., 14 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 844); 3 specimens, AM P.81860, Turks Reef (12 ◦ 6 ′ 43 ′′ S, 96 ◦ 49 ′ 42 ′′ E), 3.8 m, brown algae Turbinaria sp. and rubble, by hand on SCUBA, 10 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 823).

Northern Territory. 3 specimens, AM P.78272, reef West end Oxley Island (11 ◦ 00 ′ S, 132 ◦ 49 ′ E), 5 m, red sponge on dead coral Acropora sp., hand collected on SCUBA, 20 October 1982, J.K. Lowry (NT 79) .

Queensland. 10 specimens, MAGNT Cr 010704 Southeast corner Ashmore Reef, Coral Sea (10 ◦ 22 ′ 8 ′′ S, 144 ◦ 31 ′ 21 ′′ E), 2–3 m, sandy channels, branching corals, 19 January 1993, coll. FNQ Team .

Norfolk Island. 1 specimen, AM P.81481, Swiss Cheese Reef (29 ◦ 0 ′ 22 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 56 ′ 50 ′′ E), 17.9 m, brown algae, by hand on SCUBA , 19 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry and L.E. Hughes on MV Jenny (MI NFK 75 ) ; 5 specimens, AM P.81482, Swiss Cheese Reef (29 ◦ 0 ′ 22 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 56 ′ 50 ′′ E), 15.0 m, large pieces of rubble with tufted algae from vertical surface, by hand on SCUBA , 19 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry and L.E. Hughes on MV Jenny (MI NFK 77 ) ; 3 specimens, AM P.81495, Swiss Cheese Reef (29 ◦ 0 ′ 22 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 56 ′ 50 ′′ E), 12 m, brown algae Dictyota sp., by hand on SCUBA , 19 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry and L.E. Hughes on MV Jenny (MI NFK 78 ); 10+ specimens, MAGNT Cr 016954, Cascade (29 ◦ 1 ′ 30 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 58 ′ E), 0–0.25 m, 17 April 1984, coll. H.K. Larson.

Lord Howe Island. 7 specimens, AM P.78490, between Comet Hole and Reef (31 ◦ 32 ′ 10 ′′ S, 159 ◦ 04 ′ E), 2–3 m, red and brown algae with some coral, coll. J.K. Lowry, 10 May 1977 ( LHA 11 ) ; 3 specimens, AM P.78491, Old Gulch (31 ◦ 30 ′ 48 ′′ S, 159 ◦ 02 ′ 48 ′′ E), 7 m, brown algae Lopophora sp., sediment on rock face by hand on SCUBA , coll. J.K. Lowry, 17 May 1977 ( LHA 52 ) .

Distribution

Australia. Western Australia (current study); Northern Territory ( Lowry and Hughes 2009); Queensland (current study; Lowry and Hughes 2009). Tasman Sea. Lord Howe Island (current study); Norfolk Island (current study). Madagascar. Tuléar ( Ledoyer 1972). Mauritius. ( Ledoyer 1978). Micronesia. Marshall Islands ( Barnard 1965). New Caledonia. Îlot Maitre ( Ledoyer 1984). South China Sea: Nansha (or Spratly) Islands ( Ren 1998). Tonga. Utulau ( Myers 1986).