Quadrimaera pacifica ( Schellenberg, 1938 )

Myers, A. A., 2016, Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Maeridae and Melitidae, Zootaxa 4170 (3), pp. 451-474 : 467-468

Quadrimaera pacifica ( Schellenberg, 1938)

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Maera pacifica Schellenberg, 1938: 42 , figs 19, 20.— Nayar, 1959: 23, pl. 8, figs 16, 17.— J.L. Barnard, 1965: 511.— J.L. Barnard, 1970: 150, figs 92, 93.— J.L. Barnard, 1971: 84, figs 38–41.— Ledoyer, 1972: 227, fig. 43 (forme A).— Ledoyer, 1983: 534, figs 201, 202 (forme A).— Kim & Kim, 1987: 11, fig. 10.—Ruffo, Krapp & Gable, 2000: 13.

Maera kaiulani J.L. Barnard, 1970: 141 , figs 90, 91.— J.L. Barnard, 1971: 84, figs 38–41.

Quadrimaera kaiulani . — Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 2000: 194.

Quadrimaera pacifica .— Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 627 , fig. 20.

Quadrimaera cf. pacifica .— Appadoo et al., 2002: 650, fig. 5.

Material. 1 male, 1 female (OUMNH.ZC. 2002-24 -157), Ikedluches Reef, outer rubble slope, from Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 ( Alcyonacea : Tubiporidae ) and small amounts of dead coral and algae, - 20 m depth; 07°17.987'N, 134°28.756'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 25 May 2002.

Remarks. Present material agrees well with that described from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia by Krapp- Schickel (2009).

Distribution. Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, Kiribati, Madagascar, Mauritius.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Quadrimaera pacifica (Schellenberg, 1938), Ikedluches Reef, Palau.