Eusiroides diplonyx Walker

Myers, A. A., 2014, Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Chagos Archipelago, Zootaxa 3754 (1), pp. 1-31 : 26

Eusiroides diplonyx Walker

Eusiroides diplonyx Walker, 1909: 333 , pl. 4, fig. 22. —Pirlot, 1936: 302, figs 126–128. — Schellenberg, 1938: 35. — Barnard, 1970: 109, figs 59–61. — Ledoyer, 1972: 205, pls 28–29. — Ledoyer, 1978: 266. — Ledoyer, 1979: 60. —Myers, 1985, 66, figs 49–50.

Material examined. 3 unsexed, Great Chagos Bank – Eagle Island, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 27.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.066); 1 unsexed, Great Chagos Bank – Eagle Island, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 28.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.067); 1 male, 2 females, Great Chagos Bank – Eagle Island, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 28.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.068); 1 male, 1 female, Great Chagos Bank – Eagle Island, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 29.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.069); fragments. Egmont, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 0 1.03.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.070).

Remarks. Material agrees well with the description of Walker (1909).

Habitat. Dead branching corals.

Distribution. IndoPacific.