Ceradocus ramsayi (Haswell, 1879a)

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Melita (?) ramsayi Haswell, 1879a: 264, pl.10, fig. 1.

Moera ramsayi .— Haswell, 1879b: 334.— Haswell, 1882: 253.

Moera rubromaculata .— Haswell, 1885: 105, pl. 15, figs 5–12 (in part).

Maera rubromaculata .— Stebbing 1888: 1008, pls 95A, 96B.

Ceradocus rubromaculatus .— Della Valle, 1893: 720 (in part).— Stebbing, 1906: 431 (in part).— Hale, 1929: 213, fig. 210.— Sheard, 1937: 24 (in part).

Maera ramsayi .— Stebbing, 1910a: 642.

Ceradocus rubromaculatus var. ramsayi .— Chilton, 1923: 94, fig. 4. Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) ramsayi .— Sheard, 1939: 283, fig. 3. Ceradocus ramsayi .— J.L. Barnard, 1972a: 218, fig. 128.— Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 616.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 176 (catalogue).— Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 2009: 2061 –2065 (key).

Material examined. New South Wales: 14 specimens, AM P.77192, west side of Box Head, Broken Bay (33°33′S 151°21′E), 15 m, sponges, 22 November 1982, coll. J.K. Lowry and R.T. Springthorpe (NSW 165) ; 5 specimens, AM P.78442, Park Beach Bommie, east of Coffs Harbour (30°17′42″S 153°12′E), 14 m, macroalga Ecklonia radiata, encrusting sessile invertebrates and algae, 3 May 2005, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (NSW 2837) ; 1 specimen, AM P.77030, east of Red Head (32°03′17″S 152°33′14″E), 12.4 m, orange lacey bryozoan (cf Triphillozoon), 22 March 2003, coll. AM party (NSW 2245) ; 10 specimens, AM P.77106, sewage pipeline, Nelson Bay, Port Stephens (32°43′11″S 152°08′28″E), 8.9 m, yellow sponge, 15 March 2006, coll. C. Fraser (NSW 3055) ; 5 specimens, AM P.77093, 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) ; many specimens, AM P.77104, sewage pipeline, Nelson Bay, Port Stephens (32°43′11″S 152°08′28″E), 8 m, sponges and rubble, 15 March 2006, coll. C. Arango, NSW 3053 ; no specimen count, AM P.22464, 1.5km south east of Long Bay (33°59′48″S 151°15′43″E), 29 m, 27 October 1972, coll. Australian Museum Shelf Benthic Survey ; 3 specimens, AM P.22463, east of North Head, Port Jackson (33°49′30″S 151°18′E), 30 m, 25 May 1972, coll. Australian Museum Shelf Benthic Survey ; 10 specimens, AM P.22462, east of North Head, Port Jackson (33°49′30″S 151°18′E), depth unknown, 20 September 1972, coll. Australian Museum Shelf Benthic Survey ; 3 specimens, AM P.22457, east of North Head, Port Jackson (33°49′S 151°20′E), 19 m, host sponge Holopsamma flavus (originally as Halme gigantea (h20002)), 19 February 1973, coll. AM Party ; 2 specimens, AM P.22456, east of North Head, Port Jackson (33°49′S 151°20′E), 19 m, 19 February 1973, coll. AM Party ; 2 specimens, AM P.22459, east of North Head, Port Jackson (33°49′S 151°20′E), 21 m, 27 February 1973, coll. Australian Museum Shelf Benthic Survey ; 1 specimen, AM P.78411, Chopper Rock, north-west of North West Solitary Island (30°00′30″S 153°15′22″E), 16 m, bryozoan Triphyllozoon sp. on top of plate coral, hand collected on SCUBA, 29 April 2005, coll. S.J. Keable (NSW 2766) .

Tasmania: many specimens, AM P.83556, Joes Bight, Freycinet Peninsula (42°16′42″S 148°18′42″E), 17 m, macroalga Ecklonia sp. holdfasts, 1 May 1991, coll. S.J. Keable and R.T. Springthorpe (TAS 329).

Western Australia. 1 specimen, WAM C59003, Long Reef, the Kimberley (13°55′17″S 125°43′57″E), 12 m, 19 October 2010, coll. Skipton Wooley, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010 (43/K10-T4).

Type locality. Port Jackson, New South Wales (33°51′S 151°16′E).

Distribution. Australia. New South Wales: North West Solitary Island; Port Stephens; Broken Bay; Port Jackson; Red Head; Long Bay; Port Hacking; Eden; Twofold Bay; (Haswell 1879a; Sheard 1939; J.L. Barnard 1972a; current study). Tasmania: Freycinet Peninsula (current study). Western Australia: Bunbury (J.L. Barnard 1972a).