Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901

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 : 833-838

Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901

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Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901, pp. 427–431 , figs 50–55. Walker, 1905, p. 930. Walker, 1909, p. 343. Schellenberg, 1938, p. 90. Ruffo, 1938, p. 173 –174, fig. v. Ruffo, 1969, p. 63. J.L. Barnard, 1955, p. 31 –34, fig. 17 (with references). J.L. Barnard, 1970, p. 61, fig. 32. Griffiths, 1973, p. 278, fig. 5. Griffiths, 1976, p. 25 (key). Ledoyer, 1967, p. 135, fig. 23. Ledoyer, 1982, pp. 138–140, fig. 48. Myers, 1986b: 287. Myers, 1989, p. 66. Myers, 1990, p. 153, 156. Myers, 1995, p. 38. Myers, 1997, p. 108. Appadoo and Myers, 2004, p. 347. Ren, 2001, p. 72. Ren, 2006, p. 232 –234, fig. 89. not Paragrubia vorax Myers, 1985 (accepted as P. latipoda following Ren 2006).

Type locality

Mahé, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

Material examined

New Caledonia: Male, 9 mm, dissected, three slides, AM P.84595, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), 1.5 m, coral rubble, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-3); female, 9 mm, dissected, one slide, AM P.84596, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), 1.5 m, coral rubble, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-3); one specimen AM P.84597, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), 1.5 m, coral rubble, 30 October 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-3); one specimen AM P.84598, Recif Ricaudy (22 ◦ 18 ′ 14 ′′ S, 166 ◦ 26 ′ 09 ′′ E), 0.5 m, brown alga Padina sp. , 4 November 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-19); four specimens, AM P.84599, Roche Percé, Poé Plage (22 ◦ 00 ′ S, 166 ◦ 00 ′ E), 0.3 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. and Padina sp. from rocky shore, 19 November 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-132); 13 specimens, AM P.84600, south of Thio (21 ◦ 36 ′ S, 166 ◦ 13 ′ E), 1 m, red alga, 20 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-150); two male specimens, AM P.84601, Poé Plage (21 ◦ 36 ′ 25 ′′ S, 165 ◦ 22 ′ 44 ′′ E), 1–2 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. , 19 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-212); one specimen AM P.84602, Poé Plage (21 ◦ 36 ′ 25 ′′ S, 165 ◦ 22 ′ 44 ′′ E), 1–2 m, red algae, 19 November 1995, coll. J.K. Lowry (NCL-213); three specimens, AM P.84603, Thio (21 ◦ 36 ′ S, 166 ◦ 13 ′ E), 1 m, living coral Acropora sp. from fringing reef, 20 November 1995, coll. A.A. Myers (NCL-216).

Loyalty Islands: female specimen AM P.84604, north coast of Lifou, Dokin Village (20 ◦ 42 ′ 09 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 09 ′ 54 ′′ E), 6 m, red alga, 28 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL- 233); three specimens, AM P.84605, Baie de Santal , Pointe de Easo , Lifou (20 ◦ 47 ′ 16 ′′ S, 167 ◦ 07 ′ 20 ′′ E), 1 m, brown alga Sargassum sp. , 28 November 1995, coll. I. Takeuchi (NCL-237) .

Remarks

Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901 has been widely reported throughout the Indo- Pacific. This is the second report of the species from New Caledonia following on from Ledoyer (1984).

Distribution

Loyalty Islands (current study), New Caledonia ( Ledoyer 1984; current study); Papua New Guinea (current study); Seychelles ( Chevreux 1901); South Africa ( Griffiths 1976); Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1982); Maldives ( Walker 1905); Indonesia ( Schellenberg 1938); South China Sea ( Ren, 2001, 2006); Society Island ( Myers 1989); Cook Islands ( Myers 1990); Kosrae ( Myers 1995b); Tonga ( Myers 1986b); Western Samoa ( Myers 1997); Hawaii ( Barnard 1955).

Figures

Figure 71. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901, male 9 mm, AM P.84595, female 9 mm, AM P.84596, New Caledonia.

Figure 72. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901, male 9 mm, AM P.84595; female 9 mm, AM P.84596, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm.

Figures 73. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901, male 9 mm, AM P.84595; female 9 mm, AM P.84596, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm.

Figure 74. Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901, male 9 mm, AM P.84595, New Caledonia. Scale bars 0.2 mm.