Tepidopleustes barnardi ( Ledoyer, 1972 )

Myers, A. A., 2014, Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Melphidippidae, Oedicerotidae, Photidae, Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Talitridae, Zootaxa 3811 (4), pp. 535-552 : 544-545

Tepidopleustes barnardi ( Ledoyer, 1972)

( Figs 8 , 9 )

Parapleustes barnardi Ledoyer, 1972: 262 , figs 70, 71.— Ledoyer, 1986: 913, 360.

Material examined. 1 female ( OUMNH.ZC.2002.24.130) Ngeritaal Pass, from Carijoa sp. ( Alcyonacea : Clavulariidae ), 5 m depth; 07°19.223'N, 134°28.271'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 20 May 2002.1 male ( OUMNH.ZC.2002.24.131) outside Risong, rubble tray left for 10 days, seagrass (nearly intertidal); 07°17.917'N, 134°28.560'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 2 June 2002; 1 female, 1 juvenile ( OUMNH.ZC.2002.24.132) Kaibaku Tunnel, bait trap inside tunnel, 2 m depth: 07°19.47'N, 134°29.42'E; leg. S. De Grave & P. Colin, night 30th – 31st May 2002.; 1 juvenile ( OUMNH.ZC.2002.24.133) Siaes Tunnel, inside tunnel, from Leucetta sp. (Porifera: Leucettidae ), 35 m depth; 07°18.690'N, 134°13.605'E; leg. S. De Grave & P. Colin, 31 May 2002.

Remarks. Present material agrees well with the description of Ledoyer (1972). Distribution. Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1972, 1986); Palau (present study).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Tepidopleustes barnardi (Ledoyer), female, 3.0 mm, Ngeritaal Pass, Palau.

FIGURE 9. Tepidopleustes barnardi (Ledoyer), female, 3.0 mm, Ngeritaal Pass, Palau.