Quadrimaera serrata ( Schellenberg, 1938 )

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 : 245-247

Quadrimaera serrata ( Schellenberg, 1938)

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Maera tenella .— Walker, 1904: 224, pl. 5, fig. 31.— Tattersall, 1922: 8.— Pirlot, 1936: 309 (fide Sivaprakasam 1968).

Maera sp.— K.H. Barnard, 1937: 124.

Maera inaequipes serrata Schellenberg, 1938: 41 , fig. 18.— J.L. Barnard, 1962: 99.— J.L. Barnard, 1965: 510.— Ledoyer, 1967: 127, fig. 9.— Sivaprakasam, 1968: 100.— Surya Rao, 1972: 194.

Maera serrata .— Sivaprakasam, 1970: 35.— Ruffo, 1969: 25.— J.L. Barnard, 1970: 155, figs 96–97.— J.L. Barnard, 1971: 77, figs 38, 40–41.— J.L. Barnard, 1972b: 107.— Ledoyer, 1972: 229, pl. 46.— Ledoyer, 1978: 279.—Ledoyer, 1982: 544, fig. 207.— Griffiths, 1973: 286.— Ledoyer, 1978: 229.— Ortiz, 1978: 8.— Berents, 1983: 131, fig. 24.— Myers, 1985: 117, fig. 92.— Myers, 1989: 66.— Myers, 1995: 38.— Myers, 1997: 109.— Ren, 1998: 207, fig. 8.— Ren, 2012: 251, fig. 110.

Quadrimaera serrata .— Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 2000: 195.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 187 (catalogue).

Material examined. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. 1 specimen, AM P.82202, dive site "Rose Wall", near Horsburgh Island, 12°05'45"S, 96°50'32"E, 13.8 m, green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., coll. K.B. Attwood, 12 October 2008, MI WA 827; 7 specimens, AM P.82203, dive site "Rose Wall", near Horsburgh Island, 12°05'45"S, 96°50'32"E, 11 m, rubble some green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., coll. L.E. Hughes, 12 October 2008, MI WA 830; 1 specimen, AM P.82200, off West Island Jetty, 12°05'15"S, 96°50'14"E, 1.5 m, rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes, 14 October 2008, MI WA 843; 1 specimen, AM P.82201, off West Island Jetty, 12°05'15"S, 96°50'14"E, 0 m, brown alga Turbinaria sp. as floating wrack, coll. L.E. Hughes, 14 October 2008, MI WA 844; 2 specimens, AM P.82204, off West Island Jetty, 12°05'15"S, 96°50'14"E, 2 m, brown alga Padina sp., coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry, 14 October 2008, MI WA 841.

Western Australia. 2 specimens, WAM C47855, Long Reef, The Kimberley, 13°53'S, 125°44'E, 2 m, 20 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 44/K10-T1; 1 specimen, WAM C47856, Cassini Island, The Kimberley, 13°55'S, 125°37'E, 2 m, 16 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey, 32/K10-T1; 1 specimen, AM P.98058, inner lagoon, Ningaloo Reef, 21°53'9"S, 113°59'26"E, 1.5 m, brown alga Lobophora sp., 18 June 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes MI WA 987, NR 18; 1 specimen, AM P.83824, Shenton Bluff, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°28'37"S, 12°32'38"E, 5.1 m, brown algae Sargassum sp. on rubble, 22 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1080; 2 specimens, AM P.83825, emerging lagoon at low tide near Shenton Bluff, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°28'58"S, 12°32'40"E, 6.9 m, brown algae Sargassum sp., 23 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1090; 3 specimens, AM P.83826, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'59"S, 12°31'41"E, 9.9 m, rubble, 25 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1127; 2 specimens, AM P.83827, Jackson Island site A, Cape Leveque , 16°25'19"S, 12°35'19"E, 5.8 m, rubble, 27 May 2010, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1148.

Northern Territory: 2 specimens, AM P.78314, patch reef on north side of New Year Island, 10°54'S, 13°32'E, 10 m, hydroids on coral, 14 October 1982, coll. G.C.B. Poore, NT 17; 1 specimen, AM P.78316, south end of McCluer Island, 11°06'S, 133°E, 8 m, had coral Acropora sp. base, 17 October 1982, coll. P. Horner, NT 59; 13 specimens, AM P.78315, bommies at north-west end of McCluer Island, 11°2'S, 132°58'E, 8 m, Stylophora bases, 16 October 1982, coll. P. Horner, NT 36; 11 specimens, AM P.78317, south end of McCluer Island, 11°6'S, 133°00'E, 8 m, coral Seriatopora hystrix , 17 October 1982, coll. J.K. Lowry, NT 61.

Queensland: 1 specimen, AM P.75800, largest bommie in lagoon at the 'Entrance', One Tree Island, 23°29'16"S, 15°24'46"E, 4.1 m, 25 October 2006, coral rubble, coll. J.K. Lowry and L.E. Hughes, QLD 1946; many specimens, AM P.75799, centre bommie, First Lagoon, One Tree Island, 23°30'12"S, 15°25'19"E, 1.7 m, dead coral with epiphytes, 29 October 2006, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry, QLD 2006; many specimens, AM P.80624, Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, 19°11'S, 146°49'E, depth unknown, seagrasses Cymodocea serrulata , Halodule uninervis and Halophila ovalis , 17 February 1999, coll. D.W. Klumpp and S.N. Kwak, Original Vial Label Data: 290499; many specimens, AM P.80625, Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, 19°11'S, 146°49'E, depth unknown, seagrasses Cymodocea serrulata , Halodule uninervis and Halophila ovalis , 17 February 1999, coll. D.W. Klumpp and S.N. Kwak, Original Vial Label Data: 170299.

Norfolk Island: 1 male, 9 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.92512, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S, 167°55'44"E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiroa anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71;1 b female, 6.4 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.92513, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S, 167°55'44"E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiora anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 1 c male, 6 mm, AM P.92514, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S, 167°55'44"E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiora anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 3 specimens, AM P.81503, Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S, 167°55'44"E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiroa anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 1 specimen, AM P.81505,Fig Valley reef, 29°3'20"S, 167°55'44"E, 20 m, red sponge like algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 69; 10 specimens, AM P.81502,dive site ‘The Wall’, Nepean Island, 29°4'17"S, 167°57'40"E, 17 m, green algae Halimeda sp., 15 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry, MI NFK 45.

Lord Howe Island. Many specimens, AM P.98059, north end of Old Settlement Beach, 31°31'12"S, 15°93'36"E, under intertidal rocks, 11 May 1977, coll. G.D. Fenwick and J.K. Lowry, LHA 13.

Type locality. Kiribati, 140'S, 17922'W.

Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Australia: Queensland: Lizard Island, One Tree Island, Magnetic Island, ( Berents 1983; Krapp-Schickel 2009; current study); Northern Territory: New Year Island, McCluer Island (current study); Tasman Sea: Norfolk Island; Lord Howe Island (current study). Marshall Islands and Kiribati ( Schellenberg 1938; J.L. Barnard 1965); Fiji ( Schellenberg 1938; Myers 1985). Indian Ocean: Australia: Western Australia: Long Reef, Cassini Island, The Kimberley; Cape Leveque (current study); Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study); Mauritius ( Appadoo et al. 2002); Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1967, 1983); South Africa ( Griffiths 1973); Red Sea ( Ruffo 1969); India ( Sivaprakasam 1968). North Pacific Ocean: Hawaii ( Schellenberg 1938; J.L. Barnard 1970).

Figures

FIGURE 43. Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg, 1938) male 9 mm, AM P. 92512; * male 6.0 mm, AM P. 92514; b female 6.4 mm, AM P. 92513, Fig Valley Reef, Norfolk Island, South Pacific, scales 0.1 mm.