Quadrimaera micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002

Hughes, Lauren E., 2015, Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea), Zootaxa 4059 (2), pp. 201-256 : 238-241

Quadrimaera micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002 in Appadoo, Myers & Fagoonee, 2002

( Figs 39 , 40 )

Quadrimaera micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002 in Appadoo et al., 2002: 643 –646, figs 1, 2.? Quadrimaera inaequipes .—Ledoyer, 1982: 527–529, figure 198.

Material examined. Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1 male, 5.6 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.98053, dive site ‘Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island, 12°05'15"S, 96°50'14"E, 8 m, rubble and green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 12 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry, MI WA 836; 1 specimen, AM P.98054, dive site ‘Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island, 12°05'15"S, 96°50'14"E, 8 m, rubble and green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 12 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 836; 1 female, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.98055, dive site "Surf Shack Drift", western side of West Island, 12°9'S, 96°48'E, 10 m, rubble with epiphytes, 15 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry and L.E. Hughes, MI WA859; 2 specimens, AM P.82194, dive site ‘Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island, 12°5'15"S, 96°50'13"E, coral rubble, 12 October 2008, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 835; 1 specimen, AM P.82195, northern side of Direction Island, 12°5'4"S, 96°52'54"E, fine sediment, 8 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry and K.B. Attwood, MI WA 784; 1 specimen, AM P.82197, centre of lagoon, 128°'49"S, 96°51'13"E, Acropora sp. coral dead with red epiphytic algae, 14 October 2008, coll. K.B. Attwood and L.E. Hughes, MI WA 845; 1 specimen, AM P.82196, north east corner of the lagoon, 12°6'17"S, 96°51'11"E, seagrass base and stems based covered in epiphytes, seagrass beds Thalassia hemprichii , 10 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry MI WA 810; 2 specimens, AM P.82193, dive site "Two Trees", western side of West Island, 12°9'34"S, 96°48'59"E, 15 October 2008, coral Acropora sp. plate rubble, coll. L.E. Hughes and K.B. Attwood, MI WA 854.

Western Australia: 1 male, 6.5 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.91142, Shenton Bluff, Cape Leveque , Cygnet Bay, 16°28'38"S, 123°02'38E, 5.1 m, green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 22 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1076; 1 female specimen (damaged gnathopods), AM P.91141, Shenton Bluff, Cape Leveque , Cygnet Bay, 16°28'38"S, 123°02'38 E, 5.1 m, green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., 22 May 2010, coll. K.B. Attwood, MI WA 1076.

Type locality. La Cuvette, Mauritius, 20°00'S, 57°34.2'E.

Remarks. These records extend the distribution of Q. micheli further east into the Indian Ocean, from Mauritius to Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Western Australia.

Distribution. Indian Ocean: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study). Western Australia: Cygnet Bay (current study). Mauritius ( Appadoo et al. 2002).? Madagascar (Ledoyer 1982).

Figures

FIGURE 39. Quadrimaera micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002 b male, 5.6 mm, AM P. 98053, dive site ‘ Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, scales, 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 40. Quadrimaera micheli Appadoo & Myers, 2002 b male, 5.6 mm, AM P. 98053, dive site ‘ Winter Wall’, near Horsburgh Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, scales, 0.1 mm.