Lepidepecreum foraminiferum Stebbing, 1888

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E., 2002, The Lysianassoid Amphipod Genera Lepidepecreoides and Lepidepecreum in Southern Waters (Crustacea: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae), Records of the Australian Museum 54 (3), pp. 335-364 : 354-357

Lepidepecreum foraminiferum Stebbing

Lepidepecreum foraminiferum Stebbing, 1888: 686 , pl. 24.– Stebbing, 1906: 79.–J.L. Barnard, 1958: 93.–Thurston & Allen, 1969: 361.– Mills, 1972: 74, table 1.–Lowry & Bullock, 1976: 94. Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 496. De Broyer & Jazdzewski, 1993: 70. Anonyx longicornis .– Della Valle, 1893: 814 (in part). Lepidepecreum forameniferum [sic].– Gurjanova, 1962: 324 (key). not Lepidepecreum foraminiferum .– Nayar, 1959: 7, pl. 1 figs. 16–26.– Nayar, 1966: 136.– Surya Rao, 1972: 199 (= Lepidepecreum sp. ).

Material examined. Two specimens, NMV J47725 , off Enderby Land, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, 65°56.40'S 50°52.10'E, 386–400 m, shelly mud, silt and bryozoan shell, WHOI epibenthic sled, M. Norman, 15 November 1985, MS Nella Dan, stn HRD 010. — 3 females, NMV J38196 , western part of MacRobertson Shelf, Antarctica, 66°53.69'S 63°06.34'E to 66°53.67'S 63°05.51'E, 367–439 m, epibenthic sled, M. O’Loughlin on RSV Aurora Australis ,

11 February 1993, stn AA93-125. — 5 specimens (females and immature), NMV J38195 , off the Larsemann Hills , eastern Prydz Bay, Antarctica, 68°54.88'S 76°37.03'E to 68°54.82'S 76°37.71'E, 667–716 m, epibenthic sled , 18 February 1993, M. O’Loughlin on RSV Aurora Australis , stn AA93-158.

Type locality. Off Cumberland Bay , Kerguelen Island, Southern Ocean, 48°45'0"S 69°14'0"E, 232 m depth .

Remarks. The material from India described as L. foraminiferum by Nayar (1959) is distinguished from this species by the absence of the strongly produced anterodistal lobe on antenna 1 peduncular article 1; and by the shape of pereopod 7 merus, which has a strong posteroproximal shoulder.

The specimens reported here are the first records of L. foraminiferum since its original description from Kerguelen Island, and extend the species distribution from the subantarctic to the Antarctic continent.

Distribution. Enderby Land, MacRobertson Shelf and Prydz Bay, Antarctica; Kerguelen Island, Southern Ocean; 232–716 m depth.