Cymadusa cavimana (Sivaprakasm, 1971)

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 : 29-31

Cymadusa cavimana (Sivaprakasm, 1971)

Ampithoe cavimana Sivaprakasam, 1971: 65 , fig. 1.—Ledoyer, 1978: 218, fig. 7.—Ledoyer, 1979a: 144, fig. 5.—Ledoyer, 1979b: 17, figs 4, 5.—Ledoyer, 1982: 116, fig. 37.—Appadoo & Steele, 1998: 639. Ampithoe kergueleni .—Rabindranath, 1972b: 166, figs 3, 4.

Cymadusa cavimana .—Appadoo & Myers, 2004: 343 (key).—Hughes & Lowry, 2009: 174–178, figs 13–14, pl. 1E. Cymadusa jigurru Peart, 2007a: 19 , figs 15–18.

Type locality. Thankasserry, Mandapam, India.

Material examined. Western Australia: Male, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.82609, beach at north end of Bundegi Reef, Exmouth Gulf (21°49’S 114°11’E), 1–2 m, rocky rubble, white coralline algae, 4 January 1984, coll. H.E. Stoddart (WA 393); female, 1 slide, AM P.82610, beach at north end of Bundegi Reef, Exmouth Gulf (21°49’S 114°11’E), 1–2 m, rocky rubble, white coralline algae, 4 January 1984, coll. H.E. Stoddart (WA 393); many specimens, AM P.82611, beach at north end of Bundegi Reef, Exmouth Gulf (21°49’S 114°11’E), 1–2 m, rocky rubble, white coralline algae, 4 January 1984, coll. H.E. Stoddart (WA 393); 15 specimens, AM P.80003, southern side of pass, Ningaloo Reef (21°54’43”S 113°57’06”E), 4.5 m, algae, 7 June 2008, coll. N.L. Bruce and M. Blazewicz-Paszkowycz (MI WA 970); 5 specimens, AM P.80004, southern side of pass, Ningaloo Reef (21°54’43”S 113°57’06”E), 2 m, coarse sediment, 8 June 2008, coll. N.L. Bruce and M. Blazewicz-Paszkowycz (MI WA 971); 4 specimens, AM P.83801, Jackson Island, Cape Leveque (16°25’05”S 123°06’03”E), 7.4 m, rubble, 27 May 2010, L.E. Hughes (MI WA 1150); 2 specimens, AM P.83802, Jackson Island, Cape Leveque (16°25’19”S 123°05’19”E), 7 m, sand in seagrass Halophila sp., 27 May 2010, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI WA 1143); many specimens, WAM 43749, Adele Island, The Kimberley (15°31’41”S 123°11’36”E), intertidal, mid littoral, 14 October 2009, coll. Andrew Hosie (03/K09-Q8); many specimens, WAM C45429, Montgomery Island, The Kimberley (16°1’14”S 124°9’32”E), intertidal, back reef, 23 October 2009, coll. Alison Sampey (26/K09-Q2); male, 7 mm, dissected, 3 slides, WAM C45879, Cassini Island, The Kimberley (13°55’44”S 125°37’17”E), 1.8 m, brown alga Sargassum sp., 16 October 2010, coll. Lexie Walker (32/K10-T3, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010).

Northern Territory: 3 specimens, AM P.78246, north end of Fannie Bay, west end of East Point, Darwin (11°24’30”S 130°48’30”E), 8–10 m, sponge, 26 October 1982, coll. J.K. Lowry (NT 101); 2 specimens, AM P.78247, pontoon off Cullen Bay Wharf, Darwin Harbour (12°27’S 130°49’E), 0.3 m, green alga Caulerpa sp. scrapings and bits of red thin weed, 22 November 2000, coll. C.J. Glasby (NT 254); 2 specimens, AM P.78249, bommies at north-west end of McCluer Island, Cobourg Peninsula (11°02’S 132°58’E), 8 m, red algae and sediment, 16 October 1982, coll. J.K. Lowry (NT 38); 3 specimens, AM P.78250, south end of McCluer Island, Cobourg Peninsula (11°06’S 133°00’E), 8 m, coral rubble, 17 October 1982, coll. G.C.B. Poore (NT 55).

Distribution. Indian Ocean: Madras Coast (Sivaprakasam 1971). Mauritius (Ledoyer 1978). Indonesia (Ledoyer 1979). Australia. Western Australia: Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth Gulf, Cape Leveque, Kimberley (current study). Northern Territory: Darwin, McCluer Island, Cobourg Peninsula (current study). Queensland: Great Barrier Reef (Peart 2007a; Hughes & Lowry 2009).