Maeropsis griffini ( Berents, 1983 )

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 : 222-223

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scientific name	Maeropsis griffini ( Berents, 1983 )
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Maeropsis griffini ( Berents, 1983)

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Maera griffini Berents, 1983: 125 , Fig. 20–21 View FIGURE 20 View FIGURE 21

Maeropsis griffini .— Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 238.—Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 625, fig. 19.

Material examined. Male, 7.5 mm, dissected, 4 slides, NTMCr18332, Bedout Island, Western Australia, 19°3'S, 11°95'E, 3 m, reef flat, 4 June 1985, coll. B.C. Russell, BCR85-9; female, 6.5 mm, dissected, 1 slides, NTMCr18333, Bedout Island, Western Australia, 19°35'S, 11°95'E, 3 m, reef flat, 4 June 1985, coll. B.C. Russell, BCR85-9; 7 female specimens (oostegites narrow, not inflated), NTMCr18331, Bedout Island, Western Australia, 19°35'S, 11°95'E, 3 m, reef flat, 4 June 1985, coll. B.C.Russell, BCR85-9.

Type locality. Between Bird Islet and South Island, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, 14°42'S, 145°28'E. Remarks. Material examined here extends the distribution of M. griffini from Queensland to Western Australia.

Distribution. Indian Ocean: Australia: Western Australia: Bedout Island (current study). South Pacific Ocean: Australia: Queensland: Lizard Island ( Berents 1983; Krapp-Schickel 2009).