Ampelisca euroa Lowry & Poore, 1985

Poore, Gary C. B. & Lowry, James K., 2023, New Australian Species of Ampeliscidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef and Eastern Australia with a Key to Australian Species, Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (4), pp. 519-533 : 524

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1890
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8580D095-3E88-4FB5-B2D6-5DA6755BB16A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10957378
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/403187E4-FFA7-FFEA-FCAB-170D3E67FECC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ampelisca euroa Lowry & Poore, 1985
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Treatment

Ampelisca euroa Lowry & Poore, 1985 View in CoL

Ampelisca euroa Lowry & Poore, 1985: 273–278 View in CoL , figs 13, 14.

Material examined. NMV J71740–71742 View Materials , 3 specimens, Australia, Queensland, 1 km E of Yorke Island, Torres Strait , 09.8°S 143.4°E, 41 m (ASB-1 stns) GoogleMaps ; NMV J71744–71747 View Materials , 7 specimens, N side of Noddy Reef , 13.6°S 143.8°E, 42 m (ASB-2 stns) GoogleMaps ; NMV J71748 View Materials , 1 specimen, N of Green Island , 16.7°S 145.9°E, 52 m (ASB-3 stn) GoogleMaps ; NMV J71749–71755 View Materials , 12 specimens, N end of Hervey Bay, off Burnett Heads , 24.5°S 152.8°E, 46–49 m (ASB-5 stns) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Australia, Queensland (9°S) to South Australia, shelf and bays, 3– 176 m.

Remarks. Ampelisca euroa is distinguished from other Australian species in the broad second article of the mandibular palp and the absence of a tooth on coxae 1–3. The species is the commonest and most widespread species of Ampelisca in eastern Australia. It occurs on the shelf of South Australia and throughout Bass Strait ; its northern and eastern distribution is here expanded from New South Wales to Torres Strait , Queensland (9°S).