Rhinoecetes robustus Just, 1983

Just, Jean, 2012, Siphonoecetini Just, 1983 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Ischyroceridae) 9: New species in Rhinoecetes Just, 1983, Cephaloecetes gen. nov. and Neoecetes gen. nov. from the south-eastern Australian shelf, Zootaxa 3234, pp. 1-42 : 5

Rhinoecetes robustus Just, 1983

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Rhinoecetes robustus Just, 1983: 125 , figs 6–8.— Barnard & Karaman (1991), — Lowry & Stoddart (2003). Type fixation. Holotype, female, original designation, AM P23094.

Just (1983) gave a brief diagnosis of the new genus and species Rhinoecetes robustus with illustrations. The species is here described in full, the original illustrations are reproduced for comparison with the new species described below, and additional illustrations of new material are presented.

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FIGURE 2. Rhinoecetes robustus Just, 1983. Holotype, Ƥ. a 2 flag, antenna 2 flagellum; c, head (dv, dorsal view, lv, lateral view); us, urosome with uropods. Habitus scale: 1 mm.

FIGURE 3. Rhinoecetes robustus Just, 1983. Holotype, Ƥ. gp 1 – 2, gnathopods 1 and 2; ll, lower lip; md, mandible (left); mp, maxilliped; mx 1 – 2, maxilla 1 and 2; p 6, tip of pereopod 6.

FIGURE 4. Rhinoecetes robustus Just, 1983. 3 (NMV J 60999), except F, ovigerous Ƥ. sp, sternal papillae; us, urosome with uropods; vp, ventral projection of antenna 2 article 2; 6 – 7, pereonites 6 and 7. Habitus scale: 1 mm.