Ampithoe rosema Peart, 2007

Hughes, Lauren E. & Peart, Rachael A., 2013, New species and new records of Ampithoidae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) from Australian Waters, Zootaxa 3719 (1), pp. 1-102 : 23

Ampithoe rosema Peart, 2007 b

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Ampithoe rosema Peart, 2007b: 78 , figs 62–65.

Type locality. Tish Point, Rosemary Island, Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia.

Material examined. Western Australia: Male, 8.7 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.90277, Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm inside lines, Cape Leveque (16°29’44”S 123°01’46”E), 2 m, epiphytic growth from pearl shell panels, 26 May 2010, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 1139); 4 specimens, AM P.83798, Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm inside lines, Cape Leveque (16°29’44”S 123°01’46”E), 2 m, epiphytic growth from pearl shell panels, 26 May 2010, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 1139); many specimens, AM P.83908, Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm outside lines, Cape Leveque (16°28’50”S 123°02’16”E), 2 m, epiphytic growth from pearl shell panels, 23 May 2010, coll. J.K. Lowry and K.B. Attwood (MI WA 1094); 2 specimens, WAM 45870, Cassini Island, The Kimberley (13°57’39”S 125°377’26”E), 3 m, 18 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie (38/K10-T1, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010); 7 specimens, WAM C52222, Long Reef, The Kimberley (13°49’11”S 125°46’48”E), intertidal, 23 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie (55/K10-Q1, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010).

Remarks. Material drawn from Cape Leveque has fewer rows of slender setae on the gnathopod 1 carpus and propodus, than the original description. See also comments for A. cf ramondi .

Distribution. Australia. Western Australia: Dampier Archipelago, Cape Leveque, The Kimberley (Peart 2007b; current study).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Ampithoe rosema Peart, 2007 b, male, 8.7 mm, AM P. 90277, Cape Leveque, Western Australia, scales 0.1 mm.