Ampithoe ramondi Audouin, 1826

Appadoo, C & Myers, A. A., 2004, Corophiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius, Records of the Australian Museum 56 (3), pp. 331-362 : 342

Ampithoe ramondi Audouin

Amphithoe ramondi Audouin, 1826: 93 .— Krapp-Schickel, 1978: 1, figs. 1–2; 1982: 98, figs. 66–67.

Ampithoe ramondi .—J.L. Barnard, 1965: 25, figs. 15–16.— Myers, 1985a: 27, fig. 17.— Ledoyer, 1978: 221, fig. 9.— Appadoo & Steele, 1998: 639.

Material examined. 13, AC, from Turbinaria ornata, Ile D’Ambre (20°02.2'S 57°42.2'E), 12 November 1998; 13, AC, from Padina sp. and Halimeda sp. , Grand Baie (20°0.5'S 57°34'E), 5 May 1999.

Diagnosis. Eyes large. Gnathopod 1 propodus subrectangular, 1.2× length of carpus, 2× as long as broad, palm short, posterodistal margin with 1 robust seta. Gnathopod 2 carpus subtriangular, as long as broad, anterior margin with a few robust setae; propodus 1.8× length of carpus, 1.5× as long as broad, anterior margin with groups of slender setae, posterior margin produced into a short thumb-like process, separated from the oblique palm by a wide round-bottomed excavation; dactylus relatively short and opposable to “thumb”, inner margin strongly toothed. Uropod 3 peduncle 1.8× as long as broad. Telson subtriangular, apically convex telsonic cusps small.

Female not known.

Type locality. Egypt .

Distribution. As pointed out by Myers (1985a), the distribution of this species is not clear due to confusion with other species, but it is said to be cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate waters.

Habitat. This species was collected at depths of less than 1 m from brown algae. It was collected from two sites where there was suspended material in seawater (Grand Baie and Ile D’Ambre).

Remarks. The material from Mauritius most closely fits the description given by Myers (1985a) from Fiji and that of Ledoyer (1982) from Madagascar.