Podocerus hanapepe Barnard, 1970

Horton, Tammy, 2008, Amphipoda from marine caves of Hong Kong Island, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 825-854 : 846-847

Podocerus hanapepe Barnard, 1970

Podocerus hanapepe Barnard 1970: 240 , figs 158–159; Ledoyer 1972: 266, pl. 73; Myers 1985: 60, figs 45–46.

Material examined

Cape d’Aguilar , Hong Kong Island, on Gelidium pusillum , 11 males, 18 females, six juveniles NHM Reg. Nos. 2005.24–33 .

Remarks

Males, females and juveniles of this species were collected from Gelidium pusillum on the rocky shore of Cape d’Aguilar. It can be distinguished from Podocerus cluspiclunis sp. nov. by the lack of dorsal carination, stout antennae, and the acute elongate process on the merus of male gnathopod 2. This species has previously been recorded from Hawaii on Pocillopora ( Barnard 1970) , from Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1972) and from Fiji amongst red algae, Halimeda , Sargassum and coral debris on the reef crest in regions of strong current ( Myers 1985).