Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890

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 : 443

Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890

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Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890: 40 , pl. 1: figs. 25–27, pl. 3: figs. 32–35, pl. 5: figs. 52–53, pl. 6: figs. 13, 33–34, pl. 7: fig. 4; McCain, 1968: 61–64, figs. 29–30; McCain & Steinberg, 1970: 51; Gable & Lazo-Wasem, 1987: 637; Müller, 1990: 836; Serejo, 1997: 630–632, fig. 1.

Hemiaegina quadripunctata Sundara Raj, 1927: 126–127 , pl. 18.

Hemiaegina costai Quitete, 1972: 165–168 , pls. 1–2.

Material examined. 13, AM P61647 ( QLD 980); 533, 2♀♀, AM P61648 ( QLD 979 ); 13, AM P61649 ( QLD 972 ) ; 1♀, AM P61650 ( QLD 957 ); 233 , 3♀♀, AM P61651 ( QLD 955 ); 13, AM P61652 ( QLD 969 ) ; 1♀, AM P61815 ( QLD 856 ); 13 , 3♀♀, AM P61587 (st 30) ; 13, 1♀, AM P61588 (st 36) ; 233, 1♀, AM P61589 (st 43) ; 333, AM P61590 (st 45) ; 13, AM P61591 (st 1) ; 13, AM P61592 (st 7) ; 13, 1♀, AM P61593 (st 20) ; 13, AM P61594 (st 23) ; 233, 3♀♀, AM P61595 (st 21) ; 13, 1♀, AM P61474 ( LHA 11 ); 13, AM P32307 ( GBR 11 ); 13 , 1♀, AM P61733 (BK-114) ; 13, QLD 1564.

Remarks. Hemiaegina minuta is widely distributed in tropical and temperate waters worldwide (Müller, 1990). The Queensland specimens agree with the description of McCain (1968) based on material from the West coast of NorthAmerica. Distribution. Off Amoy, China, 15–46 m deep (Mayer, 1890); off Bermuda; Virginia; Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; Elliot Key, Florida; Loggerhead Key, Tortugas; 29°44'N 88°23.5'W; Port Aransas, Texas; St. John, Virgin Islands; False Bay, South Africa; Oahu, Hawaii; Bora Bora; Sunohama and Tateyama, Japan; 1°42.5'S 130°47.5'E; Fremantle, Australia; Krusadai Island, India; South Arabian coast (McCain & Steinberg, 1970); Papua New Guinea (Guerra-García, 2003); a new record for Queensland, Australia.