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Ceradocus yandala Berents 1983

Description

Ceradocus yandala Berents, 1983

(Figs 17–19)

Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) yandala Berents, 1983: 109, figs 7–8.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 176 (catalogue).—Krapp- Schickel, 2009: 612, fig. 11.— Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 2009: 2061 –2065 (key).

Material examined. Northern Territory: 6 specimens, AM P.78233, west end of Oxley Island (11°00′S 132°49′E), 14 m, muddy sand, 21 October 1982, coll. G.C.B. Poore (NT 88); 1 specimen, AM P.78232, west end of Oxley Island (11°00′S 132°49′E), 14 m, muddy sand, 21 October 1982, coll. J.K. Lowry (NT 85).

Western Australia: a female, 4 mm, dissected, 4 slides, WAM C45861, Long Reef, The Kimberley (13°53′19″S 125°44′57″E), 12 m, 20 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010 (44/K10-T1); 3 specimens (1 male, 2 female), AM P. 41231, 350 m east-south-east of Penguin Island, Warnbro Sound (32°18′30″S 115°41′36″E), 3 m, seagrass Poisidonia sinuosa, 7–9 November 1990, coll. P.A. Hutchings & party (Stn P); 1 male specimen, AM P. 97860, east side of West Lewis Island Dampier Archipelago (20°34′39″S 116°39′43″E), 5 m, under rocks, 4 September 1999, coll. R.A. Peart (WA 709).

South Australia. 4 specimens (3 male, 1 female), AM P.97861, 8– 10 km off Semaphore, Gulf St Vincent, (34°52′S 138°20′E), 9 m, 1925, coll. H.M. Hale (6-7 of H.M. Hale).

Type locality. Fringing reef between Bird Islet and South Island, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef (14°42′S 145°28′E), reef rock, 12 m depth.

Distribution. Australia. Northern Territory: Oxley Island (current study). Western Australia. Warnbro Sound; Dampier Archipelago; Long Reef, The Kimberley (current study). Queensland: Lizard Island (Berents 1983; Krapp-Schickel 2009).

Notes

Published as part of Hughes, Lauren E., 2016, New genera, species and records of Maeridae from Australian Waters: Austromaera, Ceradocus, Glossomaera, Hamimaera, Huonella gen. nov., Linguimaera and Maeraceterus gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda), pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 4115 (1) on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4115.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/255539

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
WAM
Event date
1982-10-21 , 1990-11-07 , 1999-09-04 , 2010-10-20
Family
Melitidae
Genus
Ceradocus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Berents
Species
yandala
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1982-10-21 , 1990-11-07/09 , 1999-09-04 , 2010-10-20
Taxonomic concept label
Ceradocus yandala Berents, 1983 sec. Hughes, 2016

References

  • Berents, P. B. (1983) The Melitidae of Lizard Island and adjacent reefs, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum, 35, 101 - 143. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.35.1983.313
  • Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. (2003) Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. Melbourne, Australia, CSIRO Publishing, 531 pp.
  • Krapp-Schickel, T. & Vader, W. (2009) On some Maerid genera (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae) collected by the Hourglass Cruises (Florida). Part 1: Genera Anamaera, Ceradocus, Clessidra gen. nov., Jerbarnia, Maera, Meximaera, with a key to world Ceradocus. Journal of Natural History, 43 (33 - 34), 2057 - 2086. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930903091007