Waldeckia kroyeri ( White, 1847b )

Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, A revision of the lysianassid genus Waldeckia with the description of four new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae, Waldeckiinae subfam. nov.), Zootaxa 3784 (4), pp. 301-345 : 324

Waldeckia kroyeri ( White, 1847b)

( Figs 15 , 16 f)

Ephippiphora Kroyeri White, 1847a: 130 (nomen nudum ). ― White, 1847b: 124. ― White, 1848: 227. Lysianassa Kröyeri. ― Bate, 1862: 65, pl. 10 fig. 4. ― Haswell, 1882: 233. ― Della Valle, 1893: 850. Socarnes kroyeri . ― Stebbing, 1906: 56.

Ephippiphora kroyeri . ― Clark & Presswell, 2001: 156.

Waldeckia kroyeri . ― Hale, 1927: 314. ― Hale, 1929: 208. ― J.L. Barnard, 1958: 102. ― Thurston & Allen, 1969: 373. Waldeckia kroyeri kroyeri . ― Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 172.

Socarnes kröyeri . ― Gurjanova, 1962: 303 (key).

Waldeckia kroyeri kroyeri . ― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 542.

not Lysianassa Kröyeri. Thomson, 1879: 237 (= Parawaldeckia thomsoni ). prob. not Ephippiphora kröyeri . ― Miers, 1884: 187 (list), 312.

not Lysianax kroyeri . ― Hutton, 1904: 258.

not Waldeckia kroyeri kroyeri . ― Pirlot, 1936: 268, fig. 105C (= W. selayarensis sp. nov.).

Types. Syntypes (of which only one specimen now available) BMNH 45.47 (Natural History Museum, London).

Type locality. Tasmania, Australia.

Material examined. South Australia: 3 specimens, AM P.71825, [SA-66] Gulf St Vincent (35°0.0’S 138°0.0’E), 31 Jan 1895, coll. A. Zeitz; 1 male, AM P.71824, [SA-19] Spencer Gulf, Cape Donington (34°44.0’S 135°59.0’E), 21/12/1970, 14 m, coll. N. Coleman; 1 female, AM P.71827 [795 C5/4] Spencer Gulf, Port Pirie, 7 km north-west of Port Davis Creek (33°16.0’S 137°51.0’E), 08/1979, Spencer Gulf Seagrass Survey, 9.3 m, coll. T.J. Ward.

Tasmania: 1 male, AM P.71823, 1.6 km west of Simpsons Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channel (43°19.0’S 147°10.0’E), 23/03/1970, coll. W.F. Ponder; 1 male, AM P.71821, [TAS-15] D’Entrecasteaux Channel (43°20.0’S 147°10.0’E), dredge, 9 m, coll. unknown; 1 female, AM P.71822, [TAS 17] Derwent Estuary, D'Entrecasteaux Channel (42°54.0’S 147°23.0’E), March 1940, 0.3 m, coll. Tasmanian Biological Survey, Fisheries Department. Western Australia: 1 female, E.4863.001 (on 3 slides), 96–128km west of Eucla, Great Australian Bight (32°13.93’S 127°42.6’E), March 1912, FIS Endeavour Expedition, coll. FIS Endeavour; 2 specimens, AM P.71826, western area of Great Australian Bight (33°5.0’S 128°40.0’E), 05/05/1962, coll. CSIRO Division of Fisheries.

Diagnostic description. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, narrowly rounded in male, broadly rounded in female. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without anterodistal projection. Labrum, epistome and upper lip fused. Mandible palp article 2 anterodistal margin setose; article 3 with marginal and apical setae. Labium without apical stylets on each lobe. Gnathopod 1 parachelate; basis anterior margin with slender setae; propodus posterior margin smooth. Gnathopod 2 minutely subchelate; carpus long; propodus palm transverse, concave; dactylus not fitting palm. Pereopod 6 basis posteroventral margin oblique. Pereopod 7 basis, posterior margin slightly rounded, serrate, posteroventral margin rounded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner narrowly rounded. Urosomites 1–3 dorsally smooth. Uropod 1 rami subequal in length; uropod 2 inner ramus slightly shorter than outer ramus; uropod 3 inner ramus shorter than outer ramus, reaching article 2 of outer ramus.

Remarks. Waldeckia kroyeri is a large species confined to the temperate waters of the south Australian coast (fig. 16f). See remarks under W. selayarensis for further comments on the species.

Distribution. Australia: South Australia; Tasmania.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Waldeckia kroyeri (White, 1847), male, 28.0 mm, AM P. 71821, D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania, Australia. Scale bars: G 1, 2, P 3 – 5, 1.0 mm; U 1 – 3, 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 16. Distribution records for Waldeckia spp. Stars indicate type locality. (a) W. australiensis (Haswell, 1879 b), (b) W. brachycephala Ren, 1998, (c) W. crenulata Pirlot, 1936, (d) W. dempseyae sp. nov., (e) W. enoei Stephensen, 1931, (f) W. kroyeri (White, 1847 b) (indicated type locality is approximate).