Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987

Ahyong, Shane T., 2010, New species and new records of Caridea (Hippolytidae: Pasiphaeidae) from New Zealand *, Zootaxa 2372 (1), pp. 341-357 : 354

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.26

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5313701

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F3987EE-9F4F-AE38-FF01-533FB99DF85D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987
status

 

Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987 View in CoL

( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 )

Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987: 309–312 View in CoL , figs. 18, 19 [type locality: E. of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 686 m]. — Poore et al. 2008: 84.

Material examined. Bay of Plenty: NIWA 13674 View Materials , 1 female (cl 8.2 mm), Tumokemoke Seamount, 37°27.95– 27.97’S, 176°57.28–57.05’E, 474– 435 m, TAN0413/168, 15.XI.2004 .

Challenger Plateau: NIWA 33172 View Materials , 3 View Materials ov. females (cl 8.4–9.5 mm), 38°12.45’S, 168°35.10’E, 512–526 m, TAN0707/84, 3. GoogleMaps VI.2007; NIWA 42683 View Materials , 1 View Materials ov. female (cl 9.3 mm), 39°32.61’S, 169°42.87’E, 636– 634 m, TAN0707/93, 4. GoogleMaps VI.2007.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with the type description and extend the known range of the species from southern Australia to the Challenger Plateau, New Zealand. The rostral spination of the New Zealand specimens (5 or 6 dorsal of which 2 are postorbital; 7 ventral) resembles that of Australian material (4 or 5 dorsal of which 2 are postorbital; 7 ventral) ( Kensley et al. 1987).

Distribution. Southern Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia) and now from the Challenger Plateau and Bay of Plenty, New Zealand; 435–1000 m.

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Hippolytidae

Genus

Merhippolyte

Loc

Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987

Ahyong, Shane T. 2010
2010
Loc

Merhippolyte chacei

Poore, G. C. B. & McCallum, A. W. & Taylor, J. 2008: 84
Kensley, B. & Tranter, H. A. & Griffin, D. J. G. 1987: 312
1987
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