Iphimedia multidentata ( Schellenberg, 1931 )

Alonso, G. M., 2012, Amphipod crustaceans (Corophiidea and Gammaridea) associated with holdfasts of Macrocystis pyrifera from the Beagle Channel (Argentina) and additional records from the Southwestern Atlantic, Journal of Natural History 46 (29 - 30), pp. 1799-1894 : 1840-1841

Iphimedia multidentata ( Schellenberg, 1931)

Panoploea multidentata Schellenberg, 1931: 117–119 , fig. 63.

Iphimedia multidentata: Watling and Holman, 1981: 196 , fig. 9; Chiesa et al., 2005: 170, tb. 2, 172, tb. 3; De Broyer et al., 2007: 100.

Material examined

Argentina; Beagle Channel, northern Isla Despard , 54 ◦ 52 ′ S, 68 ◦ 10 ′ W, 8–12 m depth, colls. D. Aureliano and A. Ferlito, don. G. Lovrich: 1 sex indet. 3 mm, 19 March 1999 , MACN-In 38589. Same location, same colls., 24 May 1999 : 1 ♀ 10 mm, 1 ♂ 7 mm, MACN-In 38590a; 1 ♀ 6 mm, MACN-In 38590b; 1 ♂ 7.7 mm, 27 May 1999, MACN-In 38591; 1 ♂ 6 mm, 11 August 1999, MACN-In 38592; 1 ♂ 7 mm, 1 November 1999, MACN-In 38593; 1 ♂ 4 mm, 10 November 1999, MACN-In 38594. Same location, same colls., 10 February 2000 : 1 ovig. ♀ 5.6 mm, MACN- In 38595a; 6 ♀♀ 5.6–7.8 mm, MACN-In 38595b. Same location, same colls., 2 May 2000: 3 ovig. ♀♀ 7.8–8.8 mm, 1 ♀ 8.9 mm, 1 ♂ 7 mm, MACN-In 38596a; 1 ovig. ♀ 8 mm, 1 ♀ 7.5 mm, MACN-In 38596b; 3 ovig. ♀♀ 9–11.5 mm, 9 ♀♀ 7–9.25 mm, 1 ♂ 4.7 mm, MACN-In 38596c. Same location, same colls., 29 May 2000: 2 ♀♀ 8.3 and 8.5 mm, MACN-In 38597a; 2 ♀♀ 7 mm, 1 ♂ 5.5 mm, MACN-In 38597b; 2 ♀♀ 4.5 and 9.1 mm, 2 ♂♂ 4.5 and 5 mm, MACN-In 38597c; 1 ♂ 5.5 mm, MACN-In 38597d.

Remarks

Iphimedia multidentata ( Schellenberg, 1931) is endemic for the Magellanic area; the present record enlarges its distribution in the Beagle Channel in Argentina.