Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005

HUGHES, L. E., 2011, New species of Hoho, Mallacoota and Parelasmopus (Maeridae: Amphipoda) from Australian waters, Zootaxa 2955 (1), pp. 1-79 : 44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5460448
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D26A779-EB72-4067-FF64-D562FE156D0C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005
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Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005 View in CoL

Mallacoota subcarinata View in CoL . —J.L. Barnard, 1972: 247, fig. 144. — Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 632 (in part).

Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 260 View in CoL , 261, figs, 20–22.

Type locality. Between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis , South Australia (approx. 25°20’S 137°40’E) GoogleMaps .

Material examined. South Australia. Holotype male, AM P.60651, between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis, (approx. 35º20’S 137º40’E), 20 m, sponge on mud bottom, 14 March 1978, coll. D. Blake and H. Larsen; 4 specimens (1 male, 1 female and 2 juvenile male), MV J62172 View Materials , east side of bay, Pearson Island (33º57”18’S 134º15”42’E), 20 m, 17 April 1985 ( SA 55 ); 3 specimens (1 male and 2 juvenile male), MV J62167 View Materials , The Hotspot Reef, 5 nautical miles west of Flinders Island (33º40”48’S 134º22”30’E), 21 m, 20 April 1985 ( SA 72 ); 4 specimens, MV J56868 View Materials , shallow reef, Wallaroo (33°56’S 137°37’E), 1.8 m, no further information.; 1 specimen, MV J19527 View Materials , Williamstown (37°53’S 144°54’E), 2 m, 4 April 1990; 12 specimens, MV J56557 View Materials , north-east side of Topgallant Island , Investigator Group (33°43’00”S 134°36’36”E), 12 m, 21 April 1985 ( SA 78 ); 2 male specimens, SAMA C6724 View Materials , off South-west point of St. Francis Island (32°30’0”S 133°18’04”E), 34 m, 29 January 1982, coll. W. Zeidler. GoogleMaps

Western Australia. 1 male 9.7 mm, dissected,3 slides, AM P.79422, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia australis , 18 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings GoogleMaps ; 1 female, 8.0 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.85214, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia australis , 18 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings GoogleMaps ; 1 male specimen, AM P.79426, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia sinuosa , 20 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings. GoogleMaps

Remarks. This species has the mandibular palp article one swollen distally, similar to that in the genus Parelamopus, however in M. euroka article two of the palp is longer than article one.

Distribution. Victoria. Port Philip (J.L. Barnard 1972). South Australia. Pearson Island, Flinders Island, Investigator Group, Wallaroo, Williamston (current study), Cape Jervis ( Lowry & Springthorpe 2005). Western Australia. Albany (current study).