Podocerus lobatus ( Haswell, 1885 )

Hughes, L. E., 2013, Podoceridae of Tropical Australia (Peracarida: Amphipoda), Records of the Australian Museum 65 (1), pp. 1-37 : 16

Podocerus lobatus ( Haswell, 1885)

Dexiocerella lobata Haswell, 1885: 110 , pl. 18, Figs f 6–8 .

Cyrtophium lobatum .— Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888: 627.

Platophium l.— Stebbing, 1888: 1184.

Platophium orientale .— Della Valle: 333.

Podocerus lobatus .— Stebbing, 1899: 239.— Pirlot, 1938: 358, fig. 161.—Springthorpe & Lowry, 1994: 128.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 246.— Hughes, 2012: 91–98, Figs18–20 .

Podocerus brasiliensis .—Kilgallen, 2009: 842–844, Figs 1 , 2 .

Type locality. East of South Head , Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia (33°50'S 151°18'E) .

Material examined. Queensland. Male, dissected, 2 slides, AM P.87927, North of Third Lagoon, outer reef, One Tree Island (23°29'04"S 152°04'07"E), 18 m, red tufts of algae, 27 October 2006, coll. I. Takeuchi & J. K. Lowry (MI QLD 1980) .

Remarks. Material examined here was originally cited in Kilgallen, 2009 under P. brasiliensis . Close examination and slide preparation of One Tree Island material confirms the re-identification.

Distribution. New South Wales. Port Stephens ( Haswell, 1885); Port Jackson; Clovelly ( Hughes, 2012). Western Australia. Fremantle; Dongara ( Hughes, 2012). Queensland. One Tree Island (Kilgallen, 2009).? Sulawesi: Aru Islands ( Pirlot, 1938).

Figures

Figure 1. Laetmatophilus dabberi Barnard & Drummond, 1981, male, 4.0 mm, AM P.79826, and female, 2.0 mm, AM P.87608, King George Sound, Western Australia (scale 0.1 mm).

Figure 2. Laetmatophilus triceratops sp. nov., holotype male, 4.3 mm, AM P. 87032, Arafura Sea. SEM photographs: (A) whole animal lateral view (scale 200 µm); (B) whole animal dorsal view (scale 200 µm); (C) head lateral view (scale 100 µm); (D) head dorsal view (scale 100 µm) and (E) gnathopod 2 propodus palm plumose setae (scale 20 µm).

Figure 6. Podocerus clavicariussp. nov., holotype male, 4.0 mm, WAM C51370, DampierArchipelago, WesternAustralia (scale 0.1 mm).

Figure 7. Podocerus cf crenulatus, Myers, 1985, male, 3.0 mm, MAGNT Cr017401, Scott Reef, Indian Ocean (scale 0.1 mm).

Figure 8. Podocerus ferreus sp. nov. paratype male, 4.8 mm, AM P.85670, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory. SEM photographs: (A) whole animal lateral view (scale 200 µm); (B) head lateral view (scale 100 µm); (C) head dorsal view (scale 200 µm) (D) gnathopod 2 propodus palm plumose setae (scale 20 µm) and (E) whole animal dorsal view (scale 200 µm). Male, 5.2 mm, AM P.87035, (F) whole animal lateral view (scale 200 µm); and (G) whole animal dorsal view (scale 200 µm).

Figure 18. Podocerus rockingham sp. nov. paratype male, 3.6 mm, AM P.85666, Cape Peron, Western Australia. SEM photographs: (A) whole animal lateral view (scale 200 µm); (B) whole animal dorsal view (scale 100 µm); (C) head dorsal view (scale 100 µm); (D) gnathopod 2 propodus palm plumose setae (scale 20 µm) and (E) head lateral view (scale 100 µm).

Figure 19. Podocerus rockingham sp. nov. holotype male, 3.8 mm, AM P.87618, Cape Peron, Western Australia (scale 0.1 mm).

Figure 20. Podocerus talegus lawai Barnard, 1970, male, 3.3 mm, AM P.85668, McCluer Island, Northern Territory. SEM photographs: (A) whole animal lateral view (scale 200 µm); (B) whole animal dorsal view (scale 200 µm); (C) gnathopod 2 propodus palm plumose setae (scale 20 µm); (D) head dorsal view (scale 100 µm) and (E) head lateral view (scale 100 µm).