Metaproto novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1880)

Guerra-García, J. M., 2006, Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Localities, Records of the Australian Museum 58, pp. 417-458 : 430-431

Metaproto novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1880)

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Proto novae-hollandiae Haswell, 1880: 275–276 , pl. 2: fig. 3; Mayer, 1882: 26; Stebbing, 1888: 1230–1232; Mayer 1890: 14–15.

Metaproto novaehollandiae Mayer, 1903: 26–27 , pl. 1: figs. 11–12, pl. 6: figs. 24–28, pl. 9: figs 3, 50; Stebbing, 1910: 651–652; McCain & Steinberg, 1970: 56; Laubitz, 1991: 103–104, fig. 1.

Material examined. 3♀♀, AM P61619 ( QLD 683 ) ; 13, 1 juvenile, AM P61618 ( QLD 686 ) ; 333, 2♀♀, AM P32303 ( GBR 6 ) ; 233, AM P32309 ( GBR 14 ) ; 13, 2♀♀, AM P32330 ( GBR 56 ) ; 2♀♀, AM P32332 ( GBR 63 ) ; 13, AM P32277 ( GBR 68 ) ;> 20 specimens, AM P61695 ( QLD 1486 ) ;> 20 specimens, AM P61696 ( QLD 1523 ) ; 13, AM P61697 ( QLD 1535 ) ; 333, 5♀♀, 1 juvenile, AM P61698 ( QLD 1538 ) ; 1♀, AM P61699 ( QLD 1563 ) ; 13, AM P61700 ( QLD 1571 ) ; 633, 7♀♀, AM P61701 ( QLD 1572 ) ;> 20 specimens, AM P61702 ( QLD 1574 ) ;> 20 specimens, AM P61703 ( QLD 1575 ) .

Remarks. Metaproto can be easily distinguished from all other genera of the Phtisicinae by the presence of only one pair of abdominal appendages. The specimens examined here are in good agreement with those described by Haswell (1880) and redescribed by Mayer (1903) and Laubitz (1991), and with AM specimens collected from Philippines and Papua New Guinea reported by Guerra-García (2002a, 2003). This species was recorded from Queensland by Jones (1984) as Phtisica marina .

Distribution. Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia (Haswell, 1880), Banda Sea, Indonesia, South Africa (McCain & Steinberg, 1970), New Caledonia and Philippines (Laubitz, 1991; Guerra-García, 2002a), and Papua New Guinea (Guerra-García, 2003).