Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg, 1938)

(Figs 16, 17)

Maera inaequipes serrata Schellenberg, 1938: 41, fig. 18.— J.L. Barnard, 1965: 510.— Ledoyer, 1967: 127, fig. 9.— Sivaprakasam, 1966: 100.

Maera serrata .— J.L. Barnard, 1970: 155, figs 96, 97.— Ledoyer, 1972: 231, fig. 46.— Ledoyer, 1983: 544, fig. 207.— Berents, 1983: 131, fig. 24.— Myers, 1985: 117, fig. 92.— Appadoo, Myers & Fagoonee, 2002: 652, figs 6–8. Quadrimaera serrata . — Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 187.— Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 633, figs 23, 24.

Material. 1 specimen (OUMNH.ZC. 2002-24 -158), Ngeritaal Pass, from Polycarpa capitosa (Sluiter) (Ascidiacea: Styelidae), - 5 m depth; 07°19.223'N, 134°28.271'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 20 May 2002; 1 specimen (OUMNH.ZC. 2002-24 -159), Omodes intertidal seagrass bed (sparse Enhalus) on rubble flat, hand netting; 07°19.439'N, 134°29.231'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 23 May 2002.

Remarks. The triangular hump on the posterior margin of the gnathopod 2 dactylus, is well developed only in this species (Krapp-Schickel 2009).

Distribution. Australia, Red Sea, Madagascar, South Africa, India, Mauritius

Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Hawaii.