Mallacoota diemenensis ( Haswell, 1879 )

HUGHES, L. E., 2011, New species of Hoho, Mallacoota and Parelasmopus (Maeridae: Amphipoda) from Australian waters, Zootaxa 2955 (1), pp. 1-79 : 43-44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D26A779-EB73-4067-FF64-D161FDC7690E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallacoota diemenensis ( Haswell, 1879 )
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Mallacoota diemenensis ( Haswell, 1879) View in CoL

? Elasmopus subcarinatus View in CoL . — Tattersall, 1922: 9.

Mallacoota diemenensis View in CoL . —J.L. Barnard, 1972: 244, figs 142, 143. — Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 631. — Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 182.

not Elasmopus diemenensis View in CoL . — Chilton, 1921: 74, fig. 10a-d.

Type locality. Tasmania .

Material examined. South Australia. 3 specimens, MV J56558 View Materials , ‘ The Hotspot’ Reef, 5 nautical miles west of Flinders Island (33°40’48”S 134°22’30”E), 21 m, 20 April 1985 ( SA 72 ) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, MV J57143 View Materials , ‘ The Hotspot’ Reef, 5 nautical miles west of Flinders Island (33°40’30 S 134°22’00”E), 17 m, 19 April 1985 ( SA 65 ) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, 1 female, SAMA C6583 View Materials , approximately 3 km west north-west of Margarett Brock Lighthouse, off Cape Jaffa (36°57’9”S 139°39’51”E), 13–19 m, reef, ridges, crevices, overhangs and a few sand pockets, 17 February 1989, coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes. GoogleMaps

Victoria. 1 male, MV J56595 View Materials , Port Franklin (38°41’S 146°17’E), 3 April 1963, not further data GoogleMaps ; 2 males, 1 female, AM P.18346, 16 km north of Circular Head (40°37'27"S 145°18'25"E), 1909–1914, coll. FIS Endeavour, no further data GoogleMaps ; 30 specimens, AM P.3488, Griffiths Point (38°32'S 145°22'E), no further data GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Material examined provides new citations of the species from historic collections.

Distribution. Victoria: Griffiths Point; Port Franklin (current study); Port Phillip (J.L. Barnard 1972). Tasmania: ( Haswell, 1879 a); Bass Strait ( Chilton 1921). South Australia: Pearson Islands; West Island; Flinders Island (current study, J.L. Barnard 1972).