Quadrimaera quadrimana ( Dana, 1853 )

Hughes, Lauren E., 2015, Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea), Zootaxa 4059 (2), pp. 201-256 : 243-244

Quadrimaera quadrimana ( Dana, 1853)

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Gammarus quadrimanus Dana, 1853: 955 .— Dana, 1855: pl. 65, fig. 9.

Moera quadrimanus .— Bate, 1862: 194, pl. 35, fig. 5.

Maera quadrimana .— Stebbing, 1906: 435 (in part).— Schellenberg, 1938: 45, figs 21–22.— J.L. Barnard, 1955: 13.— J.L. Barnard, 1962: 99.— J.L. Barnard, 1965: 511, fig. 17.— J.L. Barnard, 1970: 152, figs. 94–95.— J.L. Barnard, 1971: 84, figs 38–40.— J.L. Barnard, 1972b: 107.— Sivaprakasam, 1968: 101.— Sivaprakasam, 1970: 35.— Ledoyer, 1972: 229, pl. 45.— Ledoyer, 1978: 279.— Ledoyer, 1979: 80.—Ledoyer, 1982: 542, fig. 206.— Surya Rao, 1972: 196.— Ortiz, 1978: 8.— Berents, 1983: 128, fig. 22.— Myers, 1985: 116, fig. 91.— Myers, 1995: 38.— Ren, 2012: 249, fig. 109.

Quadrimaera quadrimana .— Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 2000: 195.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 187 (catalogue).

not Maera quadrimanus .— Thomson, 1882: 235, pl. 17, fig. 4a (= Maera tepuni J.L. Barnard, 1972b ).— Ledoyer, 1986: 190, fig. 11 (= Maera miranda Ruffo, Krapp & Gable, 2000 ).

Material examined. Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1 specimen, AM P.82199, Turks Reef, 12°06'44"S, 96°49'43"E, 3.8 m, sticks of rubble and algae, coll. L.E. Hughes, 10 October 2008, MI WA 818; 2 specimens, AM P.82198, Turks Reef, 12°06'44"S, 96°49'43"E, 3.8 m, sticks of rubble and algae, coll. L.E. Hughes, 10 October 2008, MI WA 818.

Western Australia: 6 specimens, WAM C45875, Cassini Island, The Kimberley, 13°57'S 12°537'E, 2 m, 18 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 37/K10-Q1; 4 specimens, WAM C46382, Cassini Island, The Kimberley, 13°57'S 125°37'E, 2 m, 18 October 2010, coll. Lee Paterson, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 37/K10-Adhoc; 3 specimens, WAM C47507, Cassini Island, The Kimberley, 13°57'S 125°37'E, 2 m, coarse coral rubble, 18 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 37/K10-Q1; 12 specimens, WAM C45893, Long Reef, The Kimberley, 13°48'S 125°49'E, 2 m, 13 October 2010, coll. Lexie Walker, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 52/K10-Q3; 4 specimens, AM P.98056, reef front, south of Tantabiddy, Ningaloo Reef, 21°54'37"S 113°55'42"E, 9 m, coarse coral rubble, 12 June 2008, coll. Neil. L. Bruce and M. Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, MI WA 973, NIN 10c; 5 specimens, AM P.98057, reef front, south of Tantabiddy, Ningaloo Reef, 21°55'42"E 113°55'11"E, 13 m, coarse coral rubble, 17 June 2008, coll. Neil. L. Bruce and M. Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, MI WA 979, NIN 17a; 4 specimens, AM P.91143, Ningaloo Reef, 22°39'30"S, 113°37'05"E, 6.8 m, 25 May 2009, coll. L.E. Hughes, CReefs Ningaloo 2009, NR09-60; 4 specimens, AM P.91143, Ningaloo Reef, 22°39'30"S, 113°37'5"E, 6.8 m, dead coral head, 25 May 2009, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1054; 4 specimens, AM P.79349, inside of outer Ningaloo Reef, off Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park, 21°59'30"S, 113°54'30"E, 2 m, small brown dictyotalean, 1 January 1984, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and J.K. Lowry WA 342; many specimens, AM P.83829, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S, 12°31'10"E, 6.8 m, coral rubble, filamentous red turfing alga, green alga Halimeda sp., 24 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1102; 1 specimen, AM P.83830,Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S, 12°31'10"E, 6.8 m, rubble, 24 May 2010, coll. J.K. Lowry, MI WA 1105; many specimens, AM P.83832, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S, 12°31'10"E, 9.3 m, dead coral Seriatopora hystrix , 25 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1125; 4 specimens, AM P.83833, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, 1627 '52"S, 1231'10"E, 9.9 m, rubble with red coralline algae and sponge, 25 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1126; many specimens, AM P.83831, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'52"S, 12°31'10"E, 9.8 m, tuft of red algae, 25 May 2010, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1121; many specimens, AM P.83834, Bird Rock, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°29'4"S, 123°35"E, 12 m, dead shell bottom, 26 May 2010, coll. J.K. Lowry, MI WA 1130; 2 specimens, AM P.83835, Bird Rock, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°29'4"S, 123°35"E, 10 m, coarse sediment, 26 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1135; 7 specimens, AM P.83828, Mission Beach at bar, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque , 16°27'38"S, 123°00'40"E, 7.8 m, live rock, 24 May 2010, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI WA 1097.

Queensland: many specimens, AM P.75797 near shore, western side of Hawkesbury Island, Torres Strait, 10°21'44"S, 14°27'4"E, 8 m, coral rubble with sponges, 1 October 2006, coll. J.K. Lowry and M. Capa, QLD 1905; 3 specimens, AM P.75795, outer reef slope, south of One Tree Island, 23°30'47"S, 15°25'10"E, 16 m, red algal tufts, 28 October 2006, coll. I. Takeuchi and L.E. Hughes, QLD 1992;many specimens, AM P.75796, outer reef, Steves bommie, near Two Trees Islet, One Tree Island, 23°29'3"S, 15°25'27"E, 13 m, red coralline alge with epiphytes, Dictyota sp. and Halimeda sp., 27 October 2006, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry, QLD 1977; 1 specimen, AM P.52786, Middle Reef, North Stradbroke Island, 27°24'24"S, 153°32'00"E, 18 m, red algae, brown alga Zonaria sp., crinoid, sponge hand collected, on scuba, 4 June 1993, coll. A.R. Parker, QLD 867.

New South Wales: many specimens, AM P.92461, Korffs Islet, Solitary Islands, 30°19'8"S, 15°39'12"E, depth unknown, 2002, coll. L.E. Hughes; many specimens, AM P.92460, Muttonbird Island, Coffs Harbour, 30°17'S, 153°10'E, depth unknown, 2002, coll. L.E. Hughes.

Type locality. Fiji, ~1740'S, 17831'E.

Distribution. Australia. Queensland: Lizard Island, Torres Strait, North Stradbroke Island ( Berents 1983; Krapp-Schickel 2009; current study). New South Wales: Korffs Islet, Muttonbird Island (current study). Indian Ocean. Western Australia: Cassini Island, Long Reef, The Kimberley; Ningaloo Reef (current study). Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study). Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1972, 1983). India ( Sivaprakasam 1968, 1970). Pacific Ocean. Marshall Islands and Kiribati ( Schellenberg 1938; J.L. Barnard 1965). Fiji ( Dana 1853; Schellenberg 1938, Myers 1985). North Pacific Ocean. Hawaii ( Schellenberg 1938; J.L. Barnard 1970).

Figures

FIGURE 41. Quadrimaera quadrimana (Dana, 1852), AM P. 52786, Middle Reef, North Stradbroke Island. Image by Roger Springthorpe, Australian Museum.