Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816

Peart, R. A. & Hughes, L. E., 2013, Ampithoid amphipods from the South Pacific: Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (13 - 14), pp. 739-861 : 796-801

Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816

( Figures 43–46 )

Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816, p. 51 , 109, pl. IV, fig. 1a–b, e, i, o, u. Monod, 1971, pp. 176–184, figs 66–78. Krapp-Schickel, 1982, pp. 106–108, figs 71–72, key. Ledoyer, 1982, pp. 130–135, figs 44–46. Ledoyer, 1984, pp. 15–18, figs 5–6. Lyons and Myers, 1990, p. 1203, figs 7–8. Ren, 2001, pp. 67–68. Peart, 2004, pp. 304–310, figs 1–4. Appadoo and Steele, 1998, p. 639. Appadoo and Myers, 2004, pp. 343–344. Ren, 2006, pp. 220–222, fig. 83. Lowry, 2007, p. 282 (checklist).

Ampithoe filosa Audouin, 1826 : pt 4: 93, pl. XI, fig. 4, 5.

Grubia hirsuta Chevreux, 1900, pp. 95–101 , figs 1–5. Chevreux and Fage, 1925, pp. 339–340, fig. 347. Schellenberg, 1925, pp. 186–187.

Grubia coei Kunkel, 1910, p. 97 , fig. 38.

Grubia filosa Ruffo, 1938, p. 147 . Ruffo, 1947, p. 169 –173, figs 1–3. Ruffo, 1959, p. 19. Ruffo, 1969, pp. 62–63. Oliveira, 1953, pp. 358–364, figs 22–23.

Grubia sardenta Oliveira, 1953, p. 365 , pls 25–26.

Cymadusa sardenta Sivaprakasam, 1970, pp. 153–156 , fig. 13.

Type locality

Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea.

Material examined

New Caledonia: Male, 11 mm, dissected, three slides, AM P.84496, Grand Recif Mbere (22 ◦ 19.90 ′ S, 166 ◦ 13.24 ′ E), 27 m, red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis , 22 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry, (NCL-199); female, 14 mm, dissected, one slide, AM P.84497, Grand Recif Mbere (22 ◦ 19.90 ′ S, 166 ◦ 13.24 ′ E), 27 m, red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis , 22 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry, (NCL-199); few specimens, AM P.84498, Grand Recif Mbere (22 ◦ 19 ′ 54 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 13 ′ 14 ′′ E), 27 m, red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis , 22 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-199); several specimens, AM P.84499, Recif Goro (22 ◦ 19 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 23 ′ 18 ′′ E), 1.0 m, coral rubble, 5 November 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-22).

Remarks

Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816 was redescribed by Peart (2004). Material examined here supports earlier records of C. filosa from New Caledonia by Ledoyer (1984).

Habitat

New Caledonia material collected from red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis .

Distribution

Sardinia ( Savigny 1816); Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1982); Red Sea ( Lyons and Myers 1990); India ( Sivaprakasam 1970); Mauritius ( Appadoo and Myers 2004); South China Sea ( Ren 2001); New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984); Bermuda ( Kunkel 1910).

Figures

Figure 43. Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816, male 11 mm, AM P.84496; female 14 mm, AM P.84497, New Caledonia.

Figure 44. Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816, male 11 mm, AM P.84496; female 14 mm, AM P.84497, New Caledonia. Scale bar 0.5 mm.

Figure 45. Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816, male 11 mm, AM P.84496; female 14 mm, AM P.84497, New Caledonia. Scale bar 0.5 mm.

Figure 46. Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816, male 11 mm, AM P.84496, New Caledonia. Scale bar 0.5 mm.