<Unknown Taxon>

Hughes, L. E., 2015, Ampithoidae and Maeridae Amphipods from Timor-Leste (Crustacea: Peracarida), Records of the Australian Museum 67 (3), pp. 83-108 : 99

Parelasmopus cymatilis Lowry & Hughes, 2009

Figs 20–21

Parelasmopus echo. —Berents, 1983: 136, fig. 27. —Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 186 (in part).

Parelasmopus cymatilis Lowry & Hughes, 2009: 691–695, figs. 27, 28. —Hughes, 2011: 71, 72.

not Parelasmopus echo J. L. Barnard, 1972a.

Type locality. Fringing reef between Bird Islet and South Island, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia (14°40' S 145°28' E) .

Material examined. 1 male, 6.5 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.90580, east of Dili, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, 150 m off shore, (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012- 082); 1 male, 6.0 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.90581, east of Dili, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, 150 m off shore, (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012-082); 1 female, 9.0 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.90582, east of Dili, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, 150 m off shore, (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012-082); 1 female, 6.5 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.90583, east of Dili, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, 150 m off shore, (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012-082); many specimens, AM P.90569, east of Dili, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, 150 m off shore, (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E),

12–13 m, coral rubble bank, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012- 082); 2 specimens, AM P.90579, east of Dili, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, 150 m off shore, (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012-082); 4 specimens, AM P.90572, east of Dili, south side off Christu Rei Beach, coral slope (8°31'46" S 125°36'21" E), 5–10 m, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012-088); 2 females, AM P.90599, east of Dili, south side off Christo Rei Beach, coral slope (8°31'46" S 125°36'21" E), 5–10 m, dead coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes, 23 September 2012 ( TM 2012-088); 4 specimens, AM P.90571, east of Metinaro, Secret Garden Reef (8°29'15" S 125°49'53" E), 19–21 m, coral rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes, 22 September 2012 ( TM 2012-057); 1 specimen, AM P.90566, east of Cape Fatucama, 300 m off Jesus Backside Beach (8°31'16" S 125°36'46" E), 11.9 m, dead coral head, coll. L.E. Hughes & A. Reid, 19 September 2012 ( TM 2012-020); 2 specimens, AM P.90570, east of Cape Fatucama, 300 m off Jesus Backside Beach (8°31'16" S 125°36'46" E), 12–15 m, dead coral rubble with epiphytic growth and sponges, coll. A. Murray, P.A. Hutchings, L.E. Hughes & A. Reid, 19 September 2012 ( TM 2012-014); 4 specimens, AM P.90567, east of Atauro Island, outer reef, dense coral reef slope (8°13'48" S 125°36'57" E), 17 m, green alga Halimeda sp., coll. L.E. Hughes, 20 September 2012 ( TM 2012-087); 2 specimens, AM P.90568, east of Atauro Island, inner reef, reef slope (8°14'30" S 125°36'49" E), 14 m, mixed turfing algae, coll. L.E. Hughes, 20 September 2012 ( TM 2012-034).

Distribtution. Timor-Leste (current study). Australia: Queensland (Berents, 1983; Lowry & Hughes, 2009); Northern Territory and Western Australia (Hughes, 2011).

Figures

Figure 20. Parelasmopus cymatilis Lowry & Hughes, 2009, male, 6.5 mm, AM P.90580, halfwaybetween Hera and Metinaro,east of Dili.

Figure 21. Parelasmopus cymatilis Lowry & Hughes, 2009, male, 6.5 mm, AM P.90580, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, east of Dili, scales 0.1 mm.