Plumithoe quadrimana (Haswell, 1879)

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 : 99

Plumithoe quadrimana (Haswell, 1879)

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Ampithoe quadrimanus Haswell, 1879: 337 , pl. 21, fig. 7.—Springthorpe & Lowry, 1994: 129. Ampithoe quadrimana .—Stebbing, 1906: 635.

Plumithoe quadrimana .—Poore & Lowry, 1997: 932, figs 26–29.

Plumithoe quadrimanus .—Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 62 (catalogue).— Hughes & Lowry, 2009: 211–214, figs 35–36.

Type locality. Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

Material examined. Norfolk Island: Male, 4.0 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.90121, ‘The Wall’ dive site, Nepean Island (29°04’18”S 167°57’41”E), 10 m, tufted red and brown algae, 15 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 43); 10 specimens, AM P.81568, ‘The Wall’ dive site, Nepean Island (29°04’18”S 167°57’41”E), 10 m, tufted red and brown algae, 15 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 43); 7 specimens, AM P.81569, Swiss Cheese Reef, near Kingston wharf (29°00’23”S 167°56’50”E), 15 m, large pieces of rubble with tufted algae, 19 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 76); 1 specimen, AM P.81570, Cow Bay, Phillip Island (29°00’10”S 167°57’03”E), 12 m, red and brown algae on rocks, 14 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI NFK 32); 2 specimens, AM P.81572, Gun Club reef, near Anson Point (29°00’25”S 167°54’45”E), 10 m, algae over coral, 17 May 2008, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 64); 1 specimen, AM P.81573, Cathedral Rock (29°00’13”S 167°56’57”E), 10.7 m, sediment and algae from rock face, 13 May 2008, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (MI NFK 8).

New Zealand. Kermadec Islands: 2 specimens, AM P.90122, Fishing Rock landing, Raoul Island (29°15’03”S 177°54’12”W), 5 m, scrapings from rock wall, 17 May 2011 (K 2011-49 -5); 2 specimens, AM P.90123, Milne Islets, Raoul Island (29°16’57”S 177°54’10”W), 21 m, tufting algae, 15 May 2011 (K 2011-23-4); 5 specimens, AM P.90124, northwest corner, North Meyer Island (29°14’30”S 177°52’40”W), 5–15.5 m, clumping red algae, 13 May 2011 (K 2011-10-5).

Distribution. Australia. New South Wales: Port Jackson (Haswell 1879; Lowry & Poore 1997). Queensland: Great Barrier Reef (Hughes & Lowry 2009). Tasman Sea: Norfolk Island (current study). New Zealand: Kermadec Islands (current study).

Figures

FIGURE 64. Plumithoe quadrimana (Haswell, 1879), male, 4.0 mm, AM P. 90121, Nepean Island, near Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea, scales 0.1 mm.