Mallacoota kameruka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005

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Mallacoota kameruka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005

Elasmopus subcarinatus . — Stebbing, 1888: 1019, pl. 98.

? Mallacoota subcarinata . — Chilton, 1921: 76.

Mallacoota subcarinata . —J.L. Barnard, 1972: 247, fig. 145. — Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 632 (in part). — Hutchings, van der Velde & Keable, 1989: 362.

Mallacoota kameruka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 262–265 , figs 23–25.

Type locality. Mary’s Rock, Cook Island , New South Wales (28°11’25”S 153°34’47”E) .

Material examined. Western Australia 2 males, MV J56901 , Seven Mile Beach, North of Dongara (29°12’00”S 114°53’00”E), 1 m, 24 April 1986 ( SWA 90 ) ; 2 males, AM P. 41234, 300 m south-east of Penguin Island, Warnbro Sound (32°18'30"S 115°41'36"E), 3.5 m, seagrass Amphibolis griffithii , 7 November 1990, coll. P.A. Hutchings (Stn A) .

Remarks. These records provide additional location information for M. kameruka .

Distribution. Australia. Queensland: Port Denison; North Stradbroke Island (Lowry & Springethorpe 2005). New South Wales: Mary's Rock, Cook Island; Julian Rocks, Byron Bay; Boambee Creek, Sawtell; Port Stephens; Broken Bay; Port Jackson; Jervis Bay; Ulladulla; Merimbula ( Lowry & Springthorpe 2005); Twofold Bay ( Hutchings, van der Velde & Keable 1989). Victoria: Off Melbourne ( Stebbing 1888); Griffiths Point ( Lowry & Springthorpe 2005); Port Phillip (J.L. Barnard 1972). Western Australia. Point Peron; Rottnest Island; Cottesloe Beach (J.L. Barnard 1972); Warnbro Sound; Dongara (current study).