Quadrimaera serrata ( Schellenberg, 1938 )

Myers, A. A., 2016, Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Maeridae and Melitidae, Zootaxa 4170 (3), pp. 451-474 : 469-470

Quadrimaera serrata ( Schellenberg, 1938)

( Figs 16 , 17 )

Maera inaequipes serrata Schellenberg, 1938: 41 , fig. 18.— J.L. Barnard, 1965: 510.— Ledoyer, 1967: 127, fig. 9.— Sivaprakasam, 1966: 100.

Maera serrata .— J.L. Barnard, 1970: 155, figs 96, 97.— Ledoyer, 1972: 231, fig. 46.— Ledoyer, 1983: 544, fig. 207.— Berents, 1983: 131, fig. 24.— Myers, 1985: 117, fig. 92.— Appadoo, Myers & Fagoonee, 2002: 652, figs 6–8. Quadrimaera serrata . — Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 187.— Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 633, figs 23, 24.

Material. 1 specimen (OUMNH.ZC. 2002-24 -158), Ngeritaal Pass, from Polycarpa capitosa (Sluiter) (Ascidiacea: Styelidae ), - 5 m depth; 07°19.223'N, 134°28.271'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 20 May 2002; 1 specimen (OUMNH.ZC. 2002-24 -159), Omodes intertidal seagrass bed (sparse Enhalus ) on rubble flat, hand netting; 07°19.439'N, 134°29.231'E; leg. S. De Grave & C. Burras, 23 May 2002.

Remarks. The triangular hump on the posterior margin of the gnathopod 2 dactylus, is well developed only in this species ( Krapp-Schickel 2009).

Distribution. Australia, Red Sea, Madagascar, South Africa, India, Mauritius

Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Hawaii.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg, 1938), Ngeritaal Pass, Palau.

FIGURE 17. Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg, 1938), Ngeritaal Pass, Palau.