Quadrimaera reishi J.L. Barnard 1979

Quadrimaera reishi (J.L. Barnard, 1979)

(Fig. 42)

Maerareishi J.L. Barnard, 1979: 83, figs 45–47.— Berents, 1983: 129, fig. 23. Quadrimaerareishi.— Krapp-Schickel & Jarrett, 2000: 46.— Lowry& Stoddart, 2003: 186 (catalogue).— Garcia-Madrigal, 2010: 41–44, figs 21–22.

Quadrimaera cf reishi. —Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 631.

Material examined. Western Australia. 3 specimens, AM P.91144, Ningaloo Reef, 22°39'30"S, 113°37'05"E, 6.8 m, 25May 2009, coll. L.E. Hughes, CReefs Ningaloo 2009, NR09-60; many specimens, AM P.83916,Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm outside lines, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, 16°28'49"S, 12°32'15"E, epiphytic growth from pearl shell panels, 23 May 2010, coll. J.K. Lowry and K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1094; many specimens, AM P.83917, Cygnet Bay Pearl Farm inside lines, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, 16°29'43"S, 12°31'46"E, 2 m, epiphytic growth from pearl shell panels, 23 May 2010, coll. J.K. Lowry and K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1095.

New South Wales. 1 specimen, AM P.78432, Park Beach Bommie, east of Coffs Harbour, 30°17'42"S, 153°12'E, 14 m, bryozoan Biflustra perfragilis, hand collected on SCUBA, 3 May 2005, coll. K.B. Attwood, NSW 2827.

Queensland: 1 specimen, AM P.75798, centre bommie, First Lagoon, One Tree Island, 23°30'12"S, 15°25'19"E, 1.7 m, 29 October 2006,dead coral with epiphytes, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry, QLD 2006.

Type locality. Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California.

Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Australia: New South Wales: Coffs Harbour (current study); Queensland: Lizard Island, One Tree Island (Berents 1983; current study). Indian Ocean: Western Australia: Ningaloo Reef, Cygnet Bay (current study). Eastern Pacific Ocean: United States of America: Gulf of California; Galapagos Islands (J.L. Barnard 1979); Ecuador (J.L. Barnard 1979); Mexico: Gulf of Tehuantepec (J.L. Barnard 1979; Garcia-Madrigal 2010).