Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868

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 : 442

Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868

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Caprella Danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868: 92 , pl. 6: figs. 21–34; Mayer, 1890: 58, pl. 5: fig. 44; pl. 7: figs. 12–13.

Caprella Danilewskii Chevreux & Fage, 1925: 454 , fig. 432.

Caprella danilevskii McCain, 1968: 22 , figs. 10–11; McCain & Steinberg, 1970: 16; Cavedini, 1982: 499; Krapp-Schickel, 1993: 779, fig. 531; Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2002: 683– 684, fig. 6.

Caprella inermis Haswell, 1879: 319–351 .

Material examined. 13, 1 premature female, AM P61639 ( QLD 949 ); 13, 2 female, AM P61640 ( QLD 954 ); 13, AM P61641 ( QLD 957 ); 3 female, AM P61642 ( QLD 968 ); 13, AM P61643 ( QLD 969 ); 2 male, AM P61644 ( QLD 972 ); 13, AM P61645 ( QLD 979 ); 333, 2♀♀, AM P61476 ( LHA 48 ); 233, 3♀♀, AM P61477 ( LHA 49 ); 1♀, AM P61478 ( LHA 51 ); 13, AM P43062, Bustard Head, south of Gladstone , Queensland, 24°02'S 151°46'E, among Sargassum on rocks, J.S. Hynd, 28 Aug 1946 ;> 20 specimens, AM P61334, Miami , Queensland, 28°04'S 153°27'E, among weed on rocky headland, J.S. Hynd, Aug 1944 .

Remarks. Caprella danilevskii is a cosmopolitan species (Krapp-Schickel, 1993). The distinctive male abdomen, the absence of grasping spines on the pereopods and the short dactylus of male gnathopod 2 distinguish this species from other species of Caprella . The morphology of Queensland specimens agrees with published accounts (Krapp-Schickel, 1993; Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2002). The species has been found mainly in southern Queensland, around Shoalwater Bay, Lord Howe Island and the coast near Brisbane. Apparently, this species favours no-coralline habitats.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan (Krapp-Schickel, 1993); a new record for Queensland.