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Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe 2005

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Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005

Mallacoota subcarinata. —J.L. Barnard, 1972: 247, fig. 144. — Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 632 (in part).

Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 260, 261, figs, 20–22.

Type locality. Between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis, South Australia (approx. 25°20’S 137°40’E).

Material examined. South Australia. Holotype male, AM P.60651, between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis, (approx. 35º20’S 137º40’E), 20 m, sponge on mud bottom, 14 March 1978, coll. D. Blake and H. Larsen; 4 specimens (1 male, 1 female and 2 juvenile male), MV J62172, east side of bay, Pearson Island (33º57”18’S 134º15”42’E), 20 m, 17 April 1985 (SA 55); 3 specimens (1 male and 2 juvenile male), MV J62167, The Hotspot Reef, 5 nautical miles west of Flinders Island (33º40”48’S 134º22”30’E), 21 m, 20 April 1985 (SA 72); 4 specimens, MV J56868, shallow reef, Wallaroo (33°56’S 137°37’E), 1.8 m, no further information.; 1 specimen, MV J19527, Williamstown (37°53’S 144°54’E), 2 m, 4 April 1990; 12 specimens, MV J56557, north-east side of Topgallant Island, Investigator Group (33°43’00”S 134°36’36”E), 12 m, 21 April 1985 (SA 78); 2 male specimens, SAMA C6724, off South-west point of St. Francis Island (32°30’0”S 133°18’04”E), 34 m, 29 January 1982, coll. W. Zeidler.

Western Australia. 1 male 9.7 mm, dissected,3 slides, AM P.79422, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia australis, 18 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings; 1 female, 8.0 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.85214, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia australis, 18 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings; 1 male specimen, AM P.79426, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia sinuosa, 20 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings.

Remarks. This species has the mandibular palp article one swollen distally, similar to that in the genus Parelamopus, however in M. euroka article two of the palp is longer than article one.

Distribution. Victoria. Port Philip (J.L. Barnard 1972). South Australia. Pearson Island, Flinders Island, Investigator Group, Wallaroo, Williamston (current study), Cape Jervis (Lowry & Springthorpe 2005). Western Australia. Albany (current study).

Notes

Published as part of HUGHES, L. E., 2011, New species of Hoho, Mallacoota and Parelasmopus (Maeridae: Amphipoda) from Australian waters, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 2955 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10095686

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Biodiversity

Collection code
AM , AM, MV, SAMA
Event date
1978-03-14 , 1988-01-18 , 1988-01-20
Family
Maeridae
Genus
Mallacoota
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
SA 55, SA 72, SA 78, C6724
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lowry & Springthorpe
Species
euroka
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1978-03-14/1990-04-04 , 1988-01-18 , 1988-01-20
Taxonomic concept label
Mallacoota euroka Lowry, 2005 sec. HUGHES, 2011

References

  • Lowry, J. K. & Springthorpe, R. T. (2005) New and little-known melitid amphipods from Australian waters (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 57, 237 - 302.
  • Barnard, J. L. (1972) Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part I. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 103, 1 - 333.
  • Barnard, J. L & Barnard, C. M. eds. (1983) Freshwater Amphipoda of the World. Vol. I. Evolutionary Patterns. Vol. II. Handbook and Bibliography. Mount Vernon, Virginia: Hayfield Associates. 830 pp.