Linguimaera leo Krapp-Schickel 2003

Linguimaera leo Krapp-Schickel, 2003

(Fig. 48)

Maera mastersi.— Barnard, 1972a: 226, fig. 132.

Linguimaera leo Krapp-Schickel, 2003: 272, figs 10–12.— Krapp-Schickel, 2008: 22. not Megamoera mastersii Haswell, 1879b: 265, pl. 11, fig. 1.

Material examined. Tasmania: 3 specimens, AM P.88457, Apollo Bay (43°10′S 147°18′E), depth unknown, 23 July 2001, coll. A. Davey (CAM 67); 2 specimens, AM P.88458, Simmonds Point (43°06′42″S 147°17′04″E), depth unknown, 29 January 1999, coll. A. Davey; 1 specimen, AM P.88459, Sheppards Point (42°52′S 147°19′E), depth unknown, 7 January 1998, coll. A. Davey (CAM 78); 6 specimens, AM P.88456, East Lippies Point (43°22′S 147°03′E), depth unknown, 23 December 2004, coll. A. Davey (CAM 67 /78).

New South Wales: 2 specimens (1 male, 1 female), AM P.97875, east of Kangarutha Point, south of Tathra (36°44′56″S 149°59′04″E), 15.9 m, sediment under loose boulders in crevices between rocks, 2 April 2008, coll. S.J. Keable (MI NSW 3234); 1 specimen, AM P.78422, north-west end of South Solitary Island (30°12′07″S 153°15′59″E) hand collected on SCUBA, 1 May 2005, coll. K.B. Attwood (NSW 2803).

South Australia: 10 specimens, SAMA C6716, Beachport (37°28′59″S 147°01′00″E), 9 February 1977, coll. W. Zeidler and party; many specimens, SAMA C66752, western side of Whittlebee Point, east of Ceduna (32°19′59″S 133°11′59″E), 1–3m, 7 March 1993, coll. W. Zeidler, K. L. Gowlett-Holmes and B. McHenry; 4 specimens, SAMA C6751, western side of Whittlebee Point, east of Ceduna (32°19′59″S 133°11′59″E), depth unknown, 7 March 1993, coll. W. Zeidler, K.L. Gowlett-Holmes and B. McHenry; 1 specimen, SAMA C6493, east of Petrel cove, St Francis Island, Nuyts Archipelago, (32°30′06″S 133°17′23″E), rockpools, 29 January 1982, coll. W. Zeidler and A. Gackle; 2 specimens, SAMA C6728, off southwest point, St Francis Island, Nuyts Archipelago (32°30′00″S 133°18′04″E), rocks and sand, 19 January 1982, coll. W. Zeidler; 4 specimens, SAMA C6505, southern side, north east point, Langton Island, Sir Joseph Banks group (34°35′30″S 136°15′15″E), under rocks in intertidal pools, 26 January 1985, coll. K Gowlett-Holmes and F. Gowlett; 1 specimen, SAMA C6587, Edithburgh Jetty, Yorke Peninsula (35°06′05″S 137°43′59″E), under rocks, 17 May 2006, coll. K. L. Gowlett-Holmes; 1 specimen, SAMA C6492, Gleeson’s Landing, Yorke Peninsula (35°00′20″S 136°57′50″E), depth unknown, coll. T. Castle; 4 specimens, SAMA C6494, extreme southern end of Pondalowie Bay, Yorke Peninsula (35°13′30″S 136°50′15″E), under rocks at low tide, 7 Novemer 1976, coll. W. Zeidler and I.C. Kowanko; 5 specimens, SAMA C 6491, 20 km due west of Outer Harbour, Gulf St Vincent (34°46′47″S 138°28′50″E), 23–25 m, 18 April 1975, coll. J McPhalain; 8 specimens, SAMA C 6713, 20 km west northwest of Outer Harbour, Gulf St Vincent (34°46′47″S 138°28′50″E), 22–25 m, 24 April 1975, coll. J McFarlane; 1 specimen, SAMA C6495, Point Turton (34°55′59″S 137°21′06″E), depth unknown, 11 October 1965; many specimens, SAMA C6496, near lighthouse, Robe (37°10′00″S 139°43′59″E), depth unknown, 10 February 1977, coll. W. Zeidler; 5 specimens, NMV J56953, Tiparra Bay, Tiparra Reef Coal Reef (34°04′00″S 137°23′00″E), 5 m, 15 March 1985, (SA 14); 2 specimens, NMV J56958, ″ The ″ Hotspot ″ reef, 5 nautical miles west of northern end of Flinders Island (33°40′30″S 134°22′00″E), 17 m, 19 April 1985 (SA 65).

Western Australia: 3 specimens, AM P.83302, Parmelia Bank, 1 mile west of Woodmans Point (32°08′05″S 115°43′14″E), 2–3 m, dead shells Dinna sp. with green alga Caulerpa sp., 13 February 1972, coll. B.R. Wilson; many specimens, AM P. 79356, 1 km west of Red Bluff, Kalbarri (27°42′S 114°09′E), 18 m, macroalga Ecklonia sp. bed, 9 January 1984, coll. J.K. Lowry (WA 454); 4 specimens, AM P. 79405, 1 km west of Red Bluff, Kalbarri (27°42′S 114°09′E), 18 m, macroalga Ecklonia sp. holdfasts, 9 January 1984, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (WA 453); 12 specimens, AM P. 79412, 1 km west of Red Bluff, Kalbarri (27°42′S 114°09′E), 18 m, macroalga Ecklonia sp. holdfasts, 9 January 1984, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (WA 453); 10 specimens, AM P.79358, rocks near Migo Island, Torbay Bay, Port Harding (35°04′S 117°39′E), 6–7 m, small branched alga with compound tunicate on underside of branches, 15 December 1983, coll. J.K. Lowry and R.T. Springthorpe (WA 152); 1 specimen, NMV J56962, North Lumps, 2 km off Mullaloo (31°47′18″S 115°42′48″E), 6 m, 2 May 1986, (SWA 107); 3 specimens, NMV J56963, North Lumps, 2 km off Mullaloo (31°47′18″S 115°42′48″E), 7 m, 2 May 1986 (SWA 113); 3 specimens, NMV J56964, reef 500m offshore, Port Gregory (28°12′00″S 114°15′00″E), 2.0 m, 28 April 1986 (SWA 101); 1 specimens, NMV J56965, point at north end of Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay (34°58′12″S 118°10′48″E), 5 m, 18 April 1986, (SWA 78); 1 specimens, NMV J 56966, 1 km offshore Seven Mile Beach, North of Dongara (29°12′00″S 114°53′00″E), 9 m, 27 April 1986, (SWA 97); 5 specimens (3 male, 1 female), AM P. 97876, 8– 10 km off Semaphore, Gulf Saint Vincent, (34°52′S 138°20′E), 9 m, 1925, coll. H.M. Hale (6-7 of H.M. Hale).

Type locality. Prince George Light, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia (38°6.3´S 144°44.25´E).

Distribution. New South Wales: Tathra, South Solitary Island (current study). Victoria: Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Portland Bay (Krapp-Schickel 2003). Tasmania: Apollo Bay; Simmonds Point; Sheppards Point; East Lippies (current study). South Australia: Robe; Wallaroo; Tiparra Bay; Flinders Island; Beachport; Gulf of St Vincent; Yorke Peninsula; Sir Joseph Banks Group; Nuyts Archipelago; Ceduna (Krapp-Schickel 2003). Western Australia: Bunbury, Favourite Island, Point Peron; Mullaloo; Port Gregory; Two Peoples Bay (J.L. Barnard 1972a; current study).