Lembos dentischium taparum Myers, 1985b: 369–373 Bemlos dentischium taparum Myers, 1990:157 Aoridae (Amphipoda: Corophioidea) from the Austral Isles Alan A Myers Records of the Australian Museum 2005 57 355 360 LGX8 (Myers, 1985) Myers 1985 [851,1364,1442,1466] Malacostraca Aoridae Bemlos Animalia Amphipoda 1 356 Arthropoda subSpecies dentischium taparum      Lembos dentischium taparum Myers, 1985b: 369–373, figs. 236– 237.    Bemlos dentischium taparum.–  Myers, 1990:157; Myers, 1997: 108.   Material examined.  AMP47080  AM(233). Reefplatform in front of Mataura, Tubuai, Austral Isles,  2 m, calcareous and bottle-brush red alga on coral outcrops, J.K. Lowry,  12 August 1991;  AMP47081 (733, 5♀♀); same locality, habitat, collector and date, 1.5 m,  AMP54527 (13, 1♀, 3 immatures); same locality, collector and date, 0.5 m, brown algae on sides of old bommies;  AMP54528 (13, 3♀♀). Nearedge of lagoon at Rairua, Raivavae, Austral Isles,  3 m, mixed red algae from inner reef front, J.K. Lowry,  14 August 1991;  AMP54529 (633, 12♀♀, 20 immatures); same locality, collector and date,  1 m, rubble and sand;  AMP54532 (13, 3♀♀, 2 immatures). Point Maomao, Ha’urei Bay, Rapa, Austral Isles,  2 m, loose coral rubble, J.K. Lowry,  17 August 1991;  AMP54531 ( 5♀♀) near edge of lagoon at Rairua, Raivavae, Austral Isles, 0.5–  1 mdepth, coarse sand and rubble, J.K. Lowry,  14 August 1991;  AMP54533 (233, 4♀♀), same locality, depth, collector and date, in rubble and sand;  AMP54534 (13, 3♀♀, 3 immatures), same locality, collector and date, 0.5 m, small black sponge.  Remarks. Myers (1985b)described the subspecies  Bemlos dentischium taparumon the basis of its pigmentation pattern. Thissmall difference was justified by the fact that the nominate form was known only from Floridaand the Bahamas. Presentmaterial agrees well with the description of this subspecies from Tonga, Western Samoaand the Cook Islands.  Fig. 2.  Bemlos callistemon n.sp., Tubuai, Austral Isles. male paratype; female paratype gnathopod 1.  Habitat. Shallow water ( 0–3 m) amongst algae and coral rubble.   Distribution. Cook Islands, Western Samoa, Tonga, Austral Isles. P47080 [1053,1197,1582,1605] AM 1 356 1 1991-08-12 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 2 Reef Tubuai 1 356 1 P47081 1991-08-12 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 2 Reef Tubuai 1 356 5 5 P54527 1991-08-12 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 2 Reef Tubuai 1 356 4 1 3 P54528 1991-08-14 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 3 Near Raivavae 1 356 3 3 P54529 1991-08-14 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 1 Near Raivavae 1 356 32 12 20 P54532 1991-08-17 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 2 Point Maomao Rapa 1 356 5 3 2 P54531 1991-08-14 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 1 2 357 Rairua Raivavae 1 356 5 5 P54533 1991-08-14 AM J. K. Lowry Austral Isles 1 Rairua Raivavae 2 357 4 4 P54534 1991-08-14 AM Florida & Present Tonga, Western Samoa Austral Isles 1 3 358 Remarks. This 2 357 6 3 3