New genera, species and records of Maeridae from Australian Waters: Austromaera, Ceradocus, Glossomaera, Hamimaera, Huonella gen. nov., Linguimaera and Maeraceterus gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Author
Hughes, Lauren E.
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Ceradocus serratus
(
Bate, 1862
)
(
Figs 12–16
)
Megamaera serrata
Bate, 1862
: 226
, pl. 39, fig. 5.
Moera spinosa
Haswell, 1879a
: 268
, pl.10, fig. 5.—
Haswell, 1882
: 257
.—
Haswell, 1885
: 105
, figs 5–12 (part).
Ceradocus rubromaculatus
.—
Della Valle, 1893
: 720
(in part).—
Stebbing, 1906
: 431
(in part).
Maera spinosa
.
Stebbing, 1910a
: 642
.
Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) serrata
.—
Sheard, 1939
: 285
, figs 4, 5a–m.
Ceradocus serratus
.—
J.L. Barnard, 1972a
: 221
, figs 130–131.—
Ledoyer, 1979
: 66
, fig. 36.—Ledoyer, 1982: 440, fig. 165.—
Barnard & Barnard, 1983
: 616
.—
Lowry & Stoddart, 2003
: 176
(catalogue).—
Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 2009
:
2061
–2065 (key).—
Ren, 2012
: 190
, fig. 82.
FIGURE 12.
Ceradocus serratus
(Bate, 1862)
, AM P.62904, north west side of Toomeree Headland, Port Stephens, New South Wales. Image by Roger Springthorpe, Australian Museum.
FIGURE 13.
Ceradocus serratus
(Bate, 1862)
, male, habitus, 7.0 mm, AM P.92499, dive site "Million Dollar Bommie", Christmas Island.
Material
examined.
Christmas Island
:
1 male
specimen, 7.0 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.92499, dive site ″
Million Dollar Bommie
″ (
10°27′22″S
105°38′11″E
),
12 m
, coarse rubble,
18 October 2008
, coll.
J.K. Lowry
(MI WA866); many specimens, AM P.81805, dive site ″
Million Dollar Bommie
″ (
10°27′22″S
105°38′11″E
),
12 m
, coarse rubble,
18 October 2008
, coll.
J.K. Lowry
(MI WA866)
;
1 specimen
(damaged anterior half only), AM P.81806, dive site ″
Million Dollar Bommie
″ (
10°27′22″S
105°38′11″E
),
14 m
, coral
Acropora
sp. with tufted algae, sand and red algae,
18 October 2008
, coll.
J.K. Lowry
and
K.B. Attwood
(MI WA 867)
;
1 female
specimen, AM P.81807,
Winnifred Beach
(
10°29′48″S
105°32′44″E
),
12.3 m
, sand,
21 October 2008
, hand collected on
SCUBA
, coll.
K.B. Attwood
(MI WA 909).
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
:
1 male
specimen,
6.1 mm
, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.92247, dive site ″
Cabbage Patch
″, near
Horsburgh Island
(
12°05′45″S
96°50′32″E
),
10 m
, rubble,
11 October 2008
, coll.
J.K. Lowry
(MI WA 826)
;
13 specimens
, AM P.81810, dive site ″
Cabbage Patch
″, near Horsburgh
Island
(
12°05′45″S
96°50′32″E
),
10 m
, rubble,
11 October 2008
, coll.
J.K. Lowry
, (MI WA 826)
;
1 specimen
, AM P.81811, dive site ″
Manta Ray Corner
″, west of Direction
Island
(
12°05′21″S
96°52′23″E
),
13.6 m
, coarse rubble,
8 October 2008
, coll.
L.E. Hughes
and
K.B. Attwood
(MI WA 791)
;
1 specimen
, AM P.81809, off West
Island
Jetty (
12°05′15″S
96°50′14″E
),
1.5 m
, rubble,
14 October 2008
, coll.
L.E. Hughes
(MI WA 843).
New
South Wales
:
3 specimens
, AM P.83391,
Jervis Bay
(
35°06′49″S
150°44′39″E
),
19.4 m
,
25 June 2008
, coll.
Geoscience Australia
and
M. McArthur
(GA0312/JB_23)
;
3 specimens
, AM P.77081, north east side of Little Broughton
Island
, north east of
Port Stephens
(
32°37′43″S
152°18′56″E
),
16.8 m
, under stones,
11 March 2006
, coll.
P.B. Berents
(
NSW
2973
)
;
2 specimens
, AM P.77097, sewage pipeline,
Nelson
Bay,
Port Stephens
(
32°43′11″S
152°08′28″E
),
10 m
, mass of intertwined dead algae,
15 March 2006
, coll.
C. Fraser
(
NSW
3042
)
;
8 specimens
, AM P.77095, sewage pipeline,
Nelson
Bay,
Port Stephens
(
32°43′11″S
152°08′28″E
),
10.9 m
, bottom growth,
15 March 2006
, coll.
K.B. Attwood
(
NSW
3038
)
;
1 specimen
, AM P.62904, north west side of
Toomeree Headland
,
Port Stephens
(
32°42′07″S
152°10′31″E
),
11 m
, macroalga
Ecklonia
sp. and mixed algae,
1 June 1998
, coll.
R.A. Evans
(
NSW
1500
)
;
1 specimen
, AM P.82943, north east of
Port Stephens
, south west side of
Looking Glass Isle
, Broughton
Island
(
32°37′43″S
152°18′56″E
),
16.3 m
, hand collected on
SCUBA
,
13 March 2006
, coll.
R.T. Springthorpe
(MI
NSW
2983
)
.
FIGURE 14.
Ceradocus serratus
(Bate, 1862)
, male, 7.0 mm, AM P.92499, dive site "Million Dollar Bommie", Christmas Island, scales 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 15.
Ceradocus serratus
(Bate, 1862)
, male, 7.0 mm, AM P.92499, dive site "Million Dollar Bommie", Christmas Island, scales 0.1 mm.
Tasmania
:
3 specimens
, AM P.88451,
Hobart
(
42°52′S
147°19′E
), unknown depth,
17 March 2009
, coll.
A. Davey
;
1 specimen
, AM P.88450,
Burnie
(
41°04′S
145°54′E
), unknown depth,
1 March 2005
, coll.
A. Davey
;
2 specimens
, AM P.
83568, 100 m
north of
Fleurieu Point
,
Freycinet Peninsula
(
42°10′S
148°15′E
)
,
10 m
, coarse shell and sand,
30 April 1991
, coll. S.J. Keable and R.T. Springthorpe (TAS 314);
3 specimens
, AM P.
83569, 100 m
north of
Fleurieu Point
,
Freycinet Peninsula
(
42°10′S
148°15′E
)
,
10 m
, green algae and some green alga
Halophila
sp.,
30 April 1991
, coll. S.J. Keable and R.T. Springthorpe (TAS 322).
South Australia
:
3 specimens
, AM P.83469,
American
River
Inlet
,
Muston Point
,
Kangaroo Island
(
35°47′S
137°46′E
),
4–5 m
, clumps of sponge in channel below wharf,
2 February 1979
, coll.
P.A. Hutchings
(SA 56)
;
3 specimens
,
SAMA
C6453,
Corny Point
(
34°53′47″S
137°00′38″E
),
January 1926
;
1 specimen
,
SAMA
C6586,
Edithburg Jetty
,
Yorke Peninsula
(
35°06′05″S
137°43′59″E
), under rocks,
17 May 2006
, coll.
K.L.
Gowlett-
Holmes
;
1 specimen
,
SAMA
C6454, 20 km due west of
Outer Harbour
,
Gulf
of St Vincent (
34°46′47″S
138°28′50″E
),
23–25 m
,
18 April 1975
, coll.
J McPhalain
, (quadrant G2)
;
1 specimen
,
SAMA
C6636, 20 km due west of
Outer Harbour
,
Gulf
of St Vincent (
34°46′47″S
138°28′50″E
),
23–25 m
,
17 April 1975
, coll.
J. McPhalain
, G6
;
1 specimen
,
SAMA
C6451, northwest point of Marum
Island
,
Sir Joseph Banks Group
(
34°31′00″S
137°15′00″E
), reef sand pockets and seagrass
Posidonia
sp.,
23 January 1986
, coll. W.
Zeidler
and K. Gowlett-
Holmes
; 10+ specimens,
SAMA
C7865, west of
Aldinga
,
Gulf
of St Vincent (
33°16′00″S
138°26′59″E
),
38–41 m
, in prawn trawl,
8 May 1987
, coll.
K.L. Gowlett-Homes
and
S. Corigliano
,
FV
Rivoli Queen
;
1 specimen
,
NMV
J46912
,
Tiparra Reef
,
Tiparra Bay
(
34°04′00″S
137°23′00″E
),
5 m
,
15 March 1985
(SA 16).
Western
Australia
:
1 specimen
, AM P.79850, off end of
South Mole
,
Arthur Head
,
Fremantle
(
32°03′S
115°44′E
),
6 m
, spirorbid tube worms,
25 December 1983
,
coll.
J.K. Lowry
(WA 283); many specimens, AM P.79849, off end of
South Mole
,
Arthur Head
,
Fremantle
(
32°03′S
115°44′E
),
6 m
, sponge, detritus, epizoic, green alga
Caulerpa
sp.,
25 December 1983
,
coll.
J.K. Lowry
(WA 287);
1 specimen
, AM P.
79380, 500 m
off
Chinamans Rock
,
Kalbarri
(
27°42′S
114°09′E
),
6 m
, rocky bottom, curly brown plus coralline algae,
10 January 1984
,
coll.
J.K. Lowry
(WA 459);
1 specimen
, AM P.79851, near Mistaken
Island
,
Vancouver Peninsula
,
King George Sound
(
35°04′S
117°56′E
),
6 m
, seagrass,
13 December 1983
,
coll.
R.T. Springthorpe
(WA 121);
7 specimens
, AM P.79312, rocks near Migo
Island
,
Port Harding
,
Torbay
Bay (
35°04′S
117°39′E
),
6–7 m
, green alga
Caulerpa
sp. and detritus,
15 December 1983
,
coll.
J.K. Lowry
(WA 144);
5 specimens
,
NMV
J57178
,
North Lumps
,
2 km
off
Mullaloo
(
31°47′18″S
115°42′48″E
),
7 m
,
2 May 1986
(
SWA
113
)
;
1 specimen
,
NMV
J57169
,
Seven Mile Beach
, North of
Dongara
(
29°12′00″S
114°53′00″E
),
22 April 1986
, 1 m (
SWA
83
)
;
1 specimen
,
NMV
J57177
,
North Lumps
,
2 km
off
Mullaloo
(
31°47′18″S
115°42′48″E
),
8 m
,
2 May 1987
(
SWA
112
)
;
1 specimen
,
NMV
J57168
,
Cliff Head
,
30 km
south of
Dongara
(
29°32′00″S
114°59′00″E
),
3 m
,
22 April 1986
(
SWA
84
)
;
1 specimen
,
NMV
J57176
East of
Wreck Rock
(
31°47′54″S
115°42′48″E
),
3 m
,
2 March 1986
(
SWA
115
)
.
Type locality.
Flinders and Hummock Islands, Bass Strait.
FIGURE 16.
Ceradocus serratus
(Bate, 1862)
, male, 6.1 mm, AM P.92247, Horsburgh Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, scales 0.1 mm.
Distribution.
Indian Ocean,
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
;
Christmas Island
(current study).
Australia
.
New South
Wales
: Split Solitary
Island
; Port Stephens; Port Jackson; Merimbula; Twofold Bay; Jervis Bay (
J.L. Barnard 1972a; current study
).
Victoria
: Shoreham; Port Phillip Bay (
J.L. Barnard 1972a
).
Tasmania
: Flinders and Hummock Islands, Bass Strait (
Bate, 1862
).
South
Australia
: Kangaroo
Island
; Spencer
Gulf
; Yorke Peninsula; Outer Harbour; Sir Joseph Banks Group; Tiparra (current study).
Western
Australia
: Kalbarri; Fremantle; King George Sound;
Torbay
Bay, Dongara, Mullaloo (current study).
Madagascar
. (
Ledoyer 1979
; 1982).