Maeropsis thetis ( Lowry& Springthorpe, 2005 )

Hughes, Lauren E., 2015, Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea), Zootaxa 4059 (2), pp. 201-256 : 226-227

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1
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scientific name	Maeropsis thetis ( Lowry& Springthorpe, 2005 )
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Maeropsis thetis ( Lowry& Springthorpe, 2005)

Maera inqequipes . — Stebbing, 1910.— Sheard, 1937, 24.

Miramaera thetis Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 274 View in CoL –276, figs 34–36. Maeropsis thetis .— Krapp-Schickel, 2008: 18 –19.

Maeropsis tethis .— Krapp-Schickel, 2008: 19, fig. 16a (misspelling).

Material examined. South Australia: Several specimens, SAMA C6526, 18.6 miles west north west of Rapid Head, Gulf St Vincent, 35°31.14'S, 138°10.02'E, prawn trawl, 23 June 1987, coll.K.L. Gowlett-Homes and S.Corigliano, FV Rivoli Queen.

Tasmania: 2 specimens, AM P. 83528, off Hannants Bight, Cape Sorell, 42°11'30"S, 145°11'18"E, 16 m, red algae with epiphytic algae, bryozoa and sponges, 27 April 1991, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS 289; 4 specimens, AM P.83530, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, 43°19'48"S, 147°19'12"E, 15 m, sponges, 23 April 1991, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS 249; 2 specimens, AM P.83529, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, 43°19'48"S, 147°19'12"E, 15 m, lace bryozoan, 23 April 1991, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS 247.

Tasman Sea. Many specimens, AM P.73317, North Norfolk Ridge, 28°54'23"S, 167°41'3"E, 111 m, beam trawl, coll. P.B. Berents, 15 May 2003.

Type locality. Between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis, South Australia, 3520'S, 13740'E.

Remarks. The current record extends M. thetis further south from the southern coast of Australia to Tasmania and west to the North Norfolk Ridge in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand.

Distribution. Australia: Tasmania: Cape Sorrell, Bruny Island (current study); New South Wales: Coogee, Wollongong ( Stebbing 1910); South Australia: Cape Jervis, Gulf St Vincent ( Lowry & Springthorpe 2005; current study). Tasman Sea: North Norfolk Ridge (current study).