Ampithoe kava Myers, 1985
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Ampithoe kava Myers, 1985 View in CoL
( Figs 30–31 View FIGURE 30 View FIGURE 31 )
Ampithoe kava Myers, 1985: 21 View in CoL (key), 22–24, fig. 15.—Myers, 1986: 288 (table 1).—Lyons & Myers, 1990: 1200, figs 3–4.— Poore & Lowry, 1997: 909–913, figs 6–9.— Appadoo & Myers, 2004: 333 View Cited Treatment .
Ampithoe ramondi View in CoL .—J.L. Barnard, 1970: 50, figs 18–19.— Ledoyer, 1984: 13–14, fig. 4. [Not A. ramondi Audouin, 1826 View in CoL ].
Type material. Holotype: AM P35180, male, Taunovo Bay , Viti Levu, Fiji, 18°15’S 178°00’E, 21 Aug 1979, on mixed red algae from a reef, A.A. Myers. GoogleMaps
Paratypes: AM P35181, males and females, 21 specimens, type locality .
Other material examined. AM P61851, 2 specimens , on encrusted Sargassum sp. ; AM P61852, 6 specimens , on Lobophora sp. , S side of Woopi Reef , Woolgoolga Beach, N of Coffs Harbour, NSW, 30°07’05”S 153°13’00”E, 23 Sep 1999, 5 m GoogleMaps , R. Peart & S. Richards ; AM P59814–P59822 , AM P59824 , AM P59828– P59830 , AM P61853 , many specimens, on Ecklonia radiata, Clovelly Bay, Sydney, NSW , 33°55.01’S 151°15.98’E, 16 Dec 1999 – 19 Jan 2000, 6 m, K. Dempsey & R. Peart ;
AM P59832–P59838, 49 specimens, on fine brown algae, Clovelly Bay , Sydney, NSW, 33°55.01’S 151°15.98’E, 19 Jan 2000, 6 m, K. Dempsey GoogleMaps & R. Peart;
AM P59809–P59813 , AM P59825–P59827 , AM P59831 , 134 specimens, brown algae, off Harbord Baths , Sydney, NSW, 33°46.99’S 151°17.61’E, 8 Dec 1999 – 18 Jan 2000, 5 m, K. Dempsey GoogleMaps & R. Peart , 5 m.
Diagnosis. Antenna 2 robust, better developed than antenna 1, not densely setose on ventral margin. Gnathopod 1 carpal lobe rounded; carpus shorter than propodus; palm convex, without midmedial tooth, without posterodistal tooth defining palm; dactylus overreaching palm. Gnathopod 2 with long setae on margins, not plumose; basis posterodistal lobe large and rounded, with 2 or 3 robust setae; carpus shorter than propodus; palm acute, incised, without midmedial tooth, with large, blunt posterodistal tooth defining palm, without a defining robust seta; dactylus subequal in length to palm. Pereopod 3 basis expanded; merus narrow. Pereopods 5–7 weakly prehensile. Pereopod 5 merus subrectangular. Uropod 3 peduncle with 4 distal robust setae, outer ramus subequal to inner ramus, without patch of small conical lateral denticles, without lateral setal fringe; inner ramus with 3 distal robust setae. Telson distally rounded, apical cusps small.
Habitat. Ampithoe kava occurs on coral rubble, seagrasses, macroalgae, brown algae ( Dictyota sp. , Dictyopteris sp. , Ecklonia radiata , Lobophora sp. , Padina sp. , Sargassum sp. ), red algae, Halimeda sp. , Turbinaria sp. , sponges, Pocillopora sp. and coral rubble ( Myers 1985; this study). This species builds tubes out of detritus and algal fragments on the surface of macroalgae or between adjacent blades in 1–2 m of water ( Poore & Lowry 1997).
Remarks. The morphological similarities between A. kava and other species are well documented by Poore & Lowry (1997).
Distribution. Fijian Islands; Hawaiian Islands; Tonga; New Caledonia; New South Wales, Australia; Aqaba, Red Sea.
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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Ampithoe kava Myers, 1985
Peart, Rachael A. 2007 |
Ampithoe kava
Appadoo, C. & Myers, A. A. 2004: 333 |
Poore, A. G. B. & Lowry, J. K. 1997: 909 |
Myers, A. A. 1985: 21 |
Ampithoe ramondi
Ledoyer, M. 1984: 13 |
Barnard, J. L. 1970: 50 |