Bellorchestia richardsoni Serejo & Lowry, 2008

Lowry, J. K., 2012, Talitrid amphipods from ocean beaches along the New South Wales coast of Australia (Amphipoda, Talitridae), Zootaxa 3575, pp. 1-26 : 7

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scientific name	Bellorchestia richardsoni Serejo & Lowry, 2008
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Bellorchestia richardsoni Serejo & Lowry, 2008 View in CoL

Bellorchestia richardsoni Serejo & Lowry, 2008: 170 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 5–8.― Lowry & Springthorpe, 2009: 899.

Material examined. New South Wales. 10 specimens, AM , Ulladulla , New South Wales, Australia (~ 35°21’S 150°28’E), under seaweed, K. Sheard, 6 November 1944; 10 specimens, AM GoogleMaps P.85745–P.85747, South Moruya Head (35°54'52"S 150°09'25"E) on sand under weed on exposed beach, high tide mark, M. Miller, J. K. Lowry, J. H. Peart & R GoogleMaps . A. Peart , 22 September 2002 ( NSW 1982 ); female, 13 mm, AM P.26538, Spencer Park, Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia (36°53’30”S 149°55’E), upper intertidal under pebbles and sand, J.H. Day et al., 15 March 1976 ( MER 359 ); 1 specimen, AM GoogleMaps P.26533, Spencer Park, Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia (36°53’30”S 149°55’E) under Zostera, J.H. Day et al. 2 December 1975 ( MER 316 ); male, 15 mm, AM P26518 GoogleMaps , north bank, Lake Merimbula , New South Wales, Australia (36°53’42”S 149°54’30”E), intertidal under drift weed, J.H. Day et al., 3 December 1975 ( MER 308 ); 12 males and females, AM GoogleMaps P.85743, Aslings Beach, north side of Twofold Bay , New South Wales, Australia (37°02.98’S 149°55.09’E), under weed, high tide mark, M. Miller, J. K. Lowry, J. H. Peart & R GoogleMaps . A. Peart , 21 September 2002 ( NSW 1977 ); many specimens, AM P.85743, Aslings Beach, north side of Twofold Bay , New South Wales, Australia (37°02.98’S 149°55.09’E), under weed on sand, high tide mark, M. Miller, J. K. Lowry, J. H. Peart & R GoogleMaps . A. Peart , 21 September 2002 ( NSW 1978 ); 14 specimens, AM P.85876, Cocora Beach, Eden, New South Wales (37°04’24.6”S 149°53’45.4”E), 1430, under Cystophora in supralittoral zone, 29 April 2011, J.K. Lowry & A. Lodge, preserved in 95% ETOH ( MI NSW 3686 ); 2 specimens, AM GoogleMaps P.85748, P85749, Nullica Beach , Twofold Bay (37°06' S 149°52'30" E) under beach wrack, 26 November 1988 ( NSW 1623 ) GoogleMaps .

Victoria. Male, 16 mm, AM P.85974, near boat ramp, Betka Beach, Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia (37°34.36’S 149°45.73’E), under seaweed on sand, 21 September 2002, J.K. Lowry, R. Peart, M. Millar & J. Peart (Vic-119); 12 specimens, AM P.85874, AM P.85882–P.85886, Betka Beach, Mallacoota, Victoria (37°35’10.6”S 149°44’13.1”E), 0815, under Cystophora and Ecklonia in supralittoral zone, 29 April 2011, J.K. Lowry & A. Lodge, preserved in 95% ETOH ( MI VIC 138 (stn 1); 10 specimens, AM P.85875, AM P.85887–P.85891, Point Ricardo, Victoria (37°48’27.2”S 148°37’59.9”E), 1130, under Cystophora in supralittoral zone, 29 April 2011, J.K. Lowry & A. Lodge, preserved in 95% ETOH ( MI VIC 139 (stn 2); 4 specimens, AM P.69242, Woodside Beach (between Sale and Yarram), Victoria (38°33’17”S 146°58’28”E), under Sargassum in supralittoral zone, 9 October 2003, C.S. Serejo & J.K. Lowry (Vic 123).

Remarks. In Serejo & Lowry (2008) only the type locality (Point Ricardo, Victoria) was reported. Here the distribution is extended northwards from Point Ricardo on the south-eastern Victorian coast northwards to Ulladulla on the New South Wales coast. North of Ulladulla B. richardsoni is replaced by B. mariae .

Distribution. New South Wales: Aslings Beach, Nullica Bay Beach, Twofold Bay; South Moruya Head; Ulladulla; Spenser Park, Merimbula (all current study). Victoria: Betka Beach, Mallacoota; Point Ricardo ( Serejo & Lowry 2008).