Bemlos quadrimanus (Sivaprakasam)

Myers, Alan, 2004, Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the family Aoridae (Corophiidea) from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3123-3135 : 3127-3128

Bemlos quadrimanus (Sivaprakasam)

Lembos quadrimanus Sivaprakasam, 1971: 81 , figure 1 .

Lembos waipio Ledoyer, 1972: 200 , pls 21a, 22, 24 (not L. waipio Barnard, 1970: 85 , figures 44, 45).

Lembos quadrimanus mozambicus Myers, 1975a: 359 , figures 33–39; Ledoyer, 1982: 288, figure 107.

Bemlos quadrimanus Myers, 1988a: 188 ; Myers, 1988b: 282, figure 14; Myers, 2002: 216.

Material examined. Three males, six females, Petite Butte, close to shore, 21 September 2001, 19‡45.012’S, 63‡23.803’E, in Jania adherens ; two males, six females, same locality, date and GPS reading, in Jania adherens on small basaltic rocks; one male, same locality and date, 19‡45.066’S, 63‡23.802’E, in Padina sp.; one male, two females, same locality, date and GPS reading, in Turbinaria ornata ; five males, eight females, same locality and date, 19‡45.012’S, 63‡23.803’E, Caulerpa brachypus over silt, A. Mackie; six males, eight females, Passe Coco, 8 m, 22 September 2001, 19‡40.282’S, 63‡25.378’E, dead coral over silty sand.

Remarks. This species is known across the Indian Ocean from East Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, India, Thailand and Western Australia.

Figures

FIG. 1. (A) Bemlos pustulatus sp. nov., male holotype AMP67443, Gravier; (B) Globosolembos rodriguensis sp. nov., male holotype AMP67442, Grand Pate´; (C) Bemlos pseudopunctatus (Ledoyer), Rivière Banane.