Alexandrella inermis Bellan-Santini and Ledoyer, 1987

Berge, Jørgen & Vader, Wim, 2005, The amphipod genus Alexandrella (Amphipoda, Stilipedidae): taxonomic status, allometric growth and description of two new species, Journal of Natural History 39 (17), pp. 1327-1346 : 1335

Alexandrella inermis Bellan-Santini and Ledoyer, 1987

Alexandrella inermis Bellan-Santini and Ledoyer 1987 .

Alexandrella inermis: Barnard and Karaman 1991, p 703 .

Material examined

Holotype: 46 ° 56–579S, 37 ° 55–570E, 120 m, 25 March 1976, Bottom Trawl ( SAM); immature, 46 ° 409320S, 37 ° 519E, 460–560 m, 1 September 1988, Bottom Dredge ( SAM); immature 12 mm, 67 ° 309S, 77 ° 14–139E, 341– 333 m, collected on the RV Aurora australis , 18 February 1991, Bottom Trawl, ‘‘in sponge’’ (South Australian Museum).

Distribution

Prince Edward Isl. (type locality) and Prydz Bay, 120–341 m.

Remarks

Comparison of the holotype with the two additional specimens revealed no major discrepancies from the original description of the species. The only additional note on its morphology is that all three specimens examined possess very small projections dorsally on pleonites 1–3 (versus only on pleonite 3 as originally described).

The only specimen not reported in the original description of Bellan-Santini and Ledoyer (1987), an immature 12 mm (see above), was collected in a sponge. No information is available as to which sponge species was involved.