Elasmopus yunde J.L. Barnard, 1974

Hughes, L. E. & Lowry, J. K., 2011, The genus Elasmopus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae) in Australian waters, Journal of Natural History 45 (9 - 10), pp. 579-628 : 625

Elasmopus yunde J.L. Barnard, 1974

Elasmopus yunde Barnard, 1974: 23 , figs 16–18. Lowry and Stoddart, 2003: 179.

Type locality

Point Peron, Western Australia.

Material examined

Western Australia. 10+ specimens, AM P.79336, Red Bluff, Kalbarri (27 ◦ 42 ′ S, 114 ◦ 09 ′ E), 1 m, rocky shore, stalked ascidians on rock ledge, 9 January 1984, coll. H.E. Stoddart (WA-445) ; 14 specimens, AM P.79348, off end of South Mole, Arthur Head, Fremantle (32 ◦ 03 ′ S, 115 ◦ 44 ′ E), seaward side, intertidal, green algae Ulva sp. on rocks, 25 December 1983, coll. H.E. Stoddart (WA-272) ; 10+ specimens, AM P.79369, off end of South Mole, Arthur Head, Fremantle (32 ◦ 03 ′ S, 115 ◦ 44 ′ E), 6 m, sponges, 25 December 1983 , coll. R. T. Springthorpe (WA-276); 10+ specimens, AM P.79374, Red Bluff, Kalbarri (27 ◦ 42 ′ S, 114 ◦ 09 ′ E), 3–4 m, rocky shore, mixed algae, sediment, 10 January 1984 , coll. R. T. Springthorpe (WA-474); 3 specimens, AM P.79382, off end of South Mole, Arthur Head , Fremantle (32 ◦ 03 ′ S, 115 ◦ 44 ′ E), 6 m, sponge, detritus, epizoic growth, green algae Caulerpa sp., 25 December 1983, coll. J.K. Lowry (WA-287) ; 1 specimen, MV J57191 , reef 500 m offshore, Port Gregory (28 ◦ 12 ′ 00 ′′ S, 114 ◦ 15 ′ 00 ′′ E), 28 April 1986, coll. G.C.B. Poore ( SWA 102 ) ; 10+ specimens, AM P.79852, west of Rottnest Island (32 ◦ 00 ′ S, 115 ◦ 16 ′ E), exposed reef flat, sea urchin test Echinometra mathaei Blainville, 1825 , 1 November 1982, coll. D. Jones.

Distribution

Australia. South coast Western Australia (current study; Barnard 1974).