Cymadusa alyxis Hughes & Lowry, 2009

Hughes, Lauren E. & Peart, Rachael A., 2013, New species and new records of Ampithoidae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) from Australian Waters, Zootaxa 3719 (1), pp. 1-102 : 24

Cymadusa alyxis Hughes & Lowry, 2009

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Cymadusa alyxis Hughes & Lowry, 2009: 171 –174, figs 11–12, pl. 1D.

Type locality. Picnic Beach, Palfrey Island, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia (14°41.69’S 145°26.89’E).

Material examined. Norfolk Island: Male, 11.8 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.90108, Emily Bay (29°03’36”S 167°57’12”E), 3 m, rubble encrusted in algae, 20 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 89); many specimens, AM P.81601, Emily Bay (29°03’36”S 167°57’12”E), 3 m, rubble encrusted in algae, 20 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 89); 4 specimens, AM P.81600, Emily Bay (29°03’36”S 167°57’12”E), 4 m, green algae Caulerpa racemosa and large pieces of rubble with encrusting algae, 20 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 88); 9 specimens, AM P.81603, Emily Bay (29°03’36”S 167°57’12”E), 3.7 m, rubble on sand, 20 May 2008, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 82); 6 specimens, AM P.81604, Emily Bay (29°03’36”S 167°57’12”E), 4 m, tubes and rubble with encrusting algae, 20 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 87); 13 specimens, AM P.81602, Cathedral Rock (29°00’13”S 167°56’57”E), 10.7 m, sediment and algae from rock face, 13 May 2008, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 8).

Distribution. Australia. Queensland: Lizard Island (Hughes & Lowry, 2009). Tasman Sea: Norfolk Island (current study).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Cymadusa alyxis Hughes & Lowry, 2009, male, 11.8 mm, AM P. 90108, Emily Bay, Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea, scales 0.1 mm.