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Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter 1987

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Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987

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Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987: 309–312, figs. 18, 19 [type locality: E. of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 686 m]. — Poore et al. 2008: 84.

Material examined. Bay of Plenty: NIWA 13674, 1 female (cl 8.2 mm), Tumokemoke Seamount, 37°27.95– 27.97’S, 176°57.28–57.05’E, 474– 435 m, TAN0413/168, 15.XI.2004.

Challenger Plateau: NIWA 33172, 3 ov. females (cl 8.4–9.5 mm), 38°12.45’S, 168°35.10’E, 512–526 m, TAN0707/84, 3. VI.2007; NIWA 42683, 1 ov. female (cl 9.3 mm), 39°32.61’S, 169°42.87’E, 636– 634 m, TAN0707/93, 4. VI.2007.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with the type description and extend the known range of the species from southern Australia to the Challenger Plateau, New Zealand. The rostral spination of the New Zealand specimens (5 or 6 dorsal of which 2 are postorbital; 7 ventral) resembles that of Australian material (4 or 5 dorsal of which 2 are postorbital; 7 ventral) (Kensley et al. 1987).

Distribution. Southern Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia) and now from the Challenger Plateau and Bay of Plenty, New Zealand; 435–1000 m.

Notes

Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T., 2010, New species and new records of Caridea (Hippolytidae: Pasiphaeidae) from New Zealand *, pp. 341-357 in Zootaxa 2372 (1) on page 354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.26, http://zenodo.org/record/5306119

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NIWA
Material sample ID
NIWA 13674 , NIWA 33172, 3 , NIWA 42683, 1
Event date
2004-11-15
Verbatim event date
2004-11-15
Scientific name authorship
Kensley, Griffin & Tranter
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Hippolytidae
Genus
Merhippolyte
Species
chacei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, 1987 sec. Ahyong, 2010

References

  • Kensley, B., Tranter, H. A. & Griffin, D. J. G. (1987) Deepwater decapod Crustacea from eastern Australia (Penaeidea and Caridea). Records of the Australian Museum, 39 (5), 263 - 331.
  • Poore, G. C. B., McCallum, A. W. & Taylor, J. (2008) Decapod Crustacea of the continental margin of southwestern and central Western Australia: preliminary identifications of 524 species from FRV Southern Surveyor voyage SS 10 - 2005. Museum Victoria Science Report, 11, 1 - 106.