Cymadusa pilipes Ledoyer, 1984

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Cymadusa pilipes Ledoyer, 1984

( Figures 55–58 )

Cymadusa bilobata pilipes Ledoyer, 1984, p. 26 , fig. 11.

Cymadusa lunata Myers, 1985, p. 33 , figs 22, 23.

Cymadusa pilipes Myers, 1986b, p. 287 a. Myers, 1989, p. 66. Myers, 1990, p. 151, 156. Barnard and Karaman, 1991. Myers, 1995b: 38. Myers, 1997, p. 108. Ren, 2001, p. 68. Ren, 2006, pp. 224–227, fig 85.

Paradusa pilipes Lowry, 2007, p. 282 (checklist).

Paradusa bilobata Wongkamhaeng et al. 2009, pp. 12–14 , figs 9, 10.

Type locality

Ilot Mba, New Caledonia.

Material examined

New Caledonia: Male, 5 mm, dissected, three slides, AM P.82867, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18.77 ′ S, 166 ◦ 26.92 ′ E), 1.0 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. , 4 November 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-21); female, 4 mm, dissected, one slide, AM P.82868, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18.77 ′ S, 166 ◦ 26.92 ′ E), 1.0 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. , 4 November 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-21); 1 specimen AM P.82869, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), brown alga Sargassum sp. , 4 November 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL- 21); male, 3.5 mm, dissected, three slides, AM P.84428, off Ilot Maitre (22 ◦ 20 ′ 34 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 25 ′ 26 ′′ E), 20 m, dead coral Acropora sp. with epiphytes, 7 November 1995, coll. ORSTOM divers (NCL-35); female, 4.3 mm, dissected, one slide, AM P.84429, off Ilot Maitre (22 ◦ 20 ′ 34 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 25 ′ 26 ′′ E), 20 m, dead coral Acropora sp. with epiphytes, 7 November 1995, coll. ORSTOM divers (NCL-35); few specimens, AM P.84430, off Ilot Maitre (22 ◦ 20 ′ 34 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 25 ′ 26 ′′ E), 20 m, dead coral Acropora sp. with epiphytes, 7 November 1995, coll. ORSTOM divers (NCL-35); few specimens, AM P.84431, midway between Ilot des Goelands and Grand Recif Abore (22 ◦ 24 ′ 06 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 20 ′ 54 ′′ E), 11 m, white sands, green calcareous alga Halimeda sp. , 16 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-129); few specimens, AM P.84432, Poé Plage (21 ◦ 36 ′ 25 ′′ S 165 ◦ 22 ′ 44 ′′ E), 1 m, seagrass Cymodoce sp. meadow on white sand, 20 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-140); few specimens, AM P.84433, Grand Recif Mbere (22 ◦ 19 ′ 54 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 13 ′ 14 ′′ E), 12 m, coarse rubble with ascidian Didemnum sp. , 21 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-155); two specimens, AM P.84434, Grand Recif Mbere (22 ◦ 19 ′ 54 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 13 ′ 14 ′′ E), 40 m, filamentous red alga, 22 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-175); few specimens, AM P.84435, Poé Plage (21 ◦ 36 ′ 25 ′′ S, 165 ◦ 22 ′ 44 ′′ E), 1–2 m, dead coral Acropora sp. , 19 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-214).

Loyalty Islands: few specimens, AM P.84436, Baie de Santal, Pointe de Easo, Lifou (20 ◦ 47 ′ 16 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 07 ′ 20 ′′ E), 12 m, red alga, 27 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL- 231); few specimens, AM P.84437, Baie de Santal , Pointe de Easo , Lifou (20 ◦ 47 ′ 16 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 07 ′ 20 ′′ E), 8–10 m, red alga and hydroids along the steep coral reef, 28 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-235); three specimens, AM P.84438, Baie de Santal , Peng coast, Lifou (20 ◦ 54 ′ 34 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 07 ′ 13 ′′ E), 5 m, dead coral on the small coral within white sands, 30 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-242) .

Remarks

A minor difference between the Loyalty Islands specimens and type material from Fiji ( Myers 1985) is that the mandibular palp article 2 is longer than article 3, while the original material has article 2 shorter than article 3. All other characters agree with the type description .

Distribution

Loyalty Islands (current study), New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984; current study); Society Islands ( Myers 1989); Tonga ( Myers 1986b); Fijian Islands ( Myers 1985); Cook Islands ( Myers 1990); Kosrae ( Myers 1995b); Western Samoa ( Myers 1997); Andaman Islands ( Wongkamhaeng et al. 2009).

Figures

Figure 55. Cymadusa pilipes Ledoyer, 1984, male 5 mm, AM P.82867; female 4 mm, AM P.82868, New Caledonia.

Figure 56. Cymadusa pilipes Ledoyer, 1984, male 5 mm, AM P.82867; female 4 mm, AM P.82868, New Caledonia. Scale bar 0.2 mm.

Figure 57. Cymadusa pilipes Ledoyer, 1984, male 5 mm, AM P.82867; female 4 mm, AM P.82868, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm.

Figure 58. Cymadusa pilipes Ledoyer, 1984, male 5 mm, AM P.82867; female 4 mm, AM P.82868, New Caledonia. Telson scale 0.1 mm, all other scale bars 0.2 mm.