Ampelisca euroa Lowry & Poore, 1985

Ampelisca euroa Lowry & Poore, 1985: 273–278, figs 13, 14.

Material examined. NMV J71740–71742, 3 specimens, Australia, Queensland, 1 km E of Yorke Island, Torres Strait, 09.8°S 143.4°E, 41 m (ASB-1 stns) ; NMV J71744–71747, 7 specimens, N side of Noddy Reef, 13.6°S 143.8°E, 42 m (ASB-2 stns) ; NMV J71748, 1 specimen, N of Green Island, 16.7°S 145.9°E, 52 m (ASB-3 stn) ; NMV J71749–71755, 12 specimens, N end of Hervey Bay, off Burnett Heads, 24.5°S 152.8°E, 46–49 m (ASB-5 stns) .

Distribution. Australia, Queensland (9°S) to South Australia, shelf and bays, 3– 176 m.

Remarks. Ampelisca euroa is distinguished from other Australian species in the broad second article of the mandibular palp and the absence of a tooth on coxae 1–3. The species is the commonest and most widespread species of Ampelisca in eastern Australia. It occurs on the shelf of South Australia and throughout Bass Strait; its northern and eastern distribution is here expanded from New South Wales to Torres Strait, Queensland (9°S).