Metharpinia protuberantis Alonso

Alonso, Gloria M., Pina, De, Rauschert, Martin & Broyer, Claude De, 2008, A catalogue of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Phoxocephalidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) with taxonomic, distribution and ecological data, Zootaxa 1752, pp. 1-40 : 18-19

Metharpinia protuberantis Alonso de Pina, 2001

Alonso de Pina, 2001: 527–537, figs. 7–11.

Distribution: M

Magellan Area: Argentina, Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, Punta Pardelas, 42°37’S 64°16’W, 2–5 m, 2– 4 m (gear: small dredge during low tide); Colombo beach (near Punta Pardelas), 42°37’S 64°16’W, 2 m (gear: small dredge during mid-tide); Bahía Nueva, Golfito, 42°46’S 65°02’W, 8–10 m (gear: samples extracted with a cylinder of 20 cm diameter during low tide); Crucero San José I 1984, Golfo San José, 42°20’S 64°20’W, 4 m (gear: Van Veen grab) (GMA 01); Golfo San José, off El Riacho, 42º25’20’’S 64º36’35’’W, low intertidal (bottom: mussel beds developed over a sandflat background) (coll. Orensanz 2005) (GMA unpubl.).

Depth range: 2– 10 m.

Type-locality: Magellan Area: Argentina, Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, Punta Pardelas, 42°37’S 64°16’W, 2–5 m (gear: small dredge during low tide) (GMA 01).

Ecology: Collected from sandy substrata.

Type material location: MACN, Buenos Aires.

Remarks: See remarks under Metharpinia iado . Metharpinia protuberantis expands its distribution in Golfo San José (Alonso de Pina, unpubl.).