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Aoroides vitiosus Myers 1995

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Aoroides vitiosus Myers, 1995

Aoroides vitiosus Myers, 1995: 27–30, figs. 1–2.

Material examined. AM P54524 (13, 11♀♀) lagoon in front of Puatai Rock, Avera, Rurutu, Austral Isles, 1 m, rubble and algae inside reef platform, 10 August 1991, J.K. Lowry; AM P54525 (2233, 75♀♀), same locality, depth, collector and date, Sargassum-like alga from inner reef platform.

Remarks. In present material, the male gnathopod 2 has a normal merus with the distal margin oblique. In material from Papua New Guinea, the anterodistal margin of the merus of gnathopod 2 is extended so that the distal margin becomes transverse. This character state, together with a somewhat more elongate and slender merus on the male gnathopod 1, appears to be the only significant difference between present material and that from the type locality. For the present, the two materials are considered as conspecific.

Habitat. Amongst algae (Austral Isles) and sea grasses (Papua New Guinea) in shallow water.

Distribution. Papua New Guinea and the Austral Isles.

Notes

Published as part of Alan A Myers, 2005, Aoridae (Amphipoda: Corophioidea) from the Austral Isles, pp. 355-360 in Records of the Australian Museum 57 on page 355

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AM
Event date
1991-08-10
Verbatim event date
1991-08-10
Scientific name authorship
Myers
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Aoridae
Genus
Aoroides
Species
vitiosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aoroides vitiosus Myers, 1995 sec. A, 2005

References

  • Myers, A. A., 1995. The Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Madang Lagoon: Aoridae, Isaeidae, Ischyroceridae, and Neomegamphopidae. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 22: 22 - 95.