Cymadusa setosa ( Haswell, 1879 )

Peart, R. A. & Hughes, L. E., 2013, Ampithoid amphipods from the South Pacific: Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (13 - 14), pp. 739-861 : 819-824

Cymadusa setosa ( Haswell, 1879)

( Figures 59–62 )

Ampithoe setosa Haswell, 1879, p. 338 .

Grubia setosa Stebbing, 1906, p. 644 .

Grubia compta Pearse, 1912, p. 376 , fig. 6.

Amphithoides compta Stebbing, 1906, p. 645 .

Cymadusa compta Bousfield, 1973, pp. 182–183 , pl. LV.2.

Grubia filosa Schellenberg, 1928, p. 666 , fig. 206. K.H. Barnard, 1937, pp. 171–172. Shoemaker, 1935, pp. 245–249, figs 4, 5.

Cymadusa filosa J.L. Barnard, 1955, pp. 29–30 , fig. 15 (with references). J.L. Barnard, 1965, p. 3 (key). Rabindranth, 1972, pp. 173–175, figs 8, 9. Griffiths, 1973, pp. 277–278. Griffiths 1974a: 225. Griffiths 1974b: 274. Griffiths 1975, p. 106. Griffiths 1976, p. 25 (key). Ledoyer, 1984, pp. 15–18, figs 5, 6 (Group II setose).

Cymadusa setosa Peart, 2007a: 31–33 , figs 24–26. Lowry, 2007, p. 282 (checklist).

Type locality

Kurnell, Botany Bay , New South Wales, Australia .

Material examined

New Caledonia: Male , 15 mm, dissected, four slides, AM P.84471, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18.23 ′ S, 166 ◦ 26.15 ′ E), 0.1 m, rocks covered with fine red algae, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-5); female, 11 mm, dissected, one slide, AM P.84472, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18.23 ′ S, 166 ◦ 26.15 ′ E), 0.1 m, rocks covered with fine red algae, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-5); few specimens, AM P.84473, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), 0.1 m, rocks covered with fine red algae, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-5); many specimens, AM P.84474, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), 0.1 m, rocks covered with fine red algae, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-5); many specimens, AM P.84475, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), 1.5 m, coral rubble, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-3) .

Remarks

The additional material examined here supports the earlier report of Cymadusa setosa from New Caledonia by Ledoyer (1984).

Habitat

New Caledonian specimens collected from rocks covered in fine red alga.

Distribution

New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984; current study); New South Wales, Australia ( Haswell 1879; Peart 2004, 2007a); Hawaiian Islands ( Barnard 1955); New England ( Bousfield 1973); Caribbean Sea ( Pearse 1912; Shoemaker 1935); South Africa ( Griffiths 1973, 1974a, 1974b, 1975, 1976); Suez Canal ( Schellenberg 1928); India ( Rabindranath 1972).

Figures

Figure 59. Cymadusa setosa (Haswell 1879), male 15 mm, AM P. 84471; female 11 mm, AM P.84472, New Caledonia.

Figure 60. Cymadusa setosa (Haswell 1879), male 15 mm, AM P. 84471; female 11 mm, AM P.84472, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

Figure 61. Cymadusa setosa (Haswell 1879), male 15 mm, AM P. 84471; female 11 mm, AM P.84472, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

Figure 62. Cymadusa setosa (Haswell 1879), male 15 mm, AM P. 84471, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.5 mm.