Glossomaera octodens ( Sivaprakasam, 1969 )

Hughes, Lauren E., 2016, New genera, species and records of Maeridae from Australian Waters: Austromaera, Ceradocus, Glossomaera, Hamimaera, Huonella gen. nov., Linguimaera and Maeraceterus gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Zootaxa 4115 (1), pp. 1-81 : 31

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4115.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5306669

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scientific name

Glossomaera octodens ( Sivaprakasam, 1969 )
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Glossomaera octodens ( Sivaprakasam, 1969) View in CoL

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Maera octodens Sivaprakasam, 1969: 36 , fig. 2.— Ledoyer, 1978: 278, fig. 31.— Ledoyer, 1979: 80, fig. 45.— Berents, 1983: 128, fig. 22 (in part).— Myers, 1985: 112, fig. 88.— Appadoo, Myers & Fagoonee, 2002: 668 View Cited Treatment –670, fig. 17.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 181.— Ren, 2012: 246 –247, fig. 107.

Linguimaera octodens .— Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 238, 247.

Glossomaera octodens .—Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 614, figs 12, 13.

Material examined. New South Wales: 8 specimens, AM P.77037, Surgeons Reef , north of North West Solitary Island (30°00′27″S 153°16′13″E), 11.3 m, coral rubble and coarse shelly sediment, 30 April 2005, coll. R.T. Springthorpe ( NSW 2793 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Queensland: 1 specimen, AM P.75733, north-west corner of Goodes Island, Torres Strait (10°33′35″S 142°09′09″E), 7 m, submerged log, 29 September 2006, coll. M. Capa and L.E. Hughes (QLD 1878). GoogleMaps

Papua New Guinea: 2 specimens (1 male, 4.5 mm, illustrated; 1 female), AM P.75931, just west of shallowest portion of reef top, Guzem reef, Madang Lagoon, Bismarck Sea (5°9′21″S 145°48′25″E), 2.5 m, rubble, sand and hard coral Acropora sp. plates, 12 February 1990, coll. J.D. Thomas (JDT/PNG-44).

Type locality. Appa Island , East coast of India (~ 9°09.36′N 78°49.48′E) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Material from the Solitary Island is the most southerly distribution record for the G. octodens , while material from Papua New Guinea is a new distribution record.

Distribution. Australia. New South Wales: Solitary Islands (current study). Queensland: Lizard Island; Torres Strait ( Berents 1983; Krapp-Schickel 2009; current study). Papua New Guinea: Madang Lagoon (current study). Fiji ( Myers 1985). South China Sea ( Ren 2012). India (Sivaprakasam 1968). Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1978; 1979). Mauritius ( Appadoo et al. 2002).

NSW

Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Maeridae

Genus

Glossomaera

Loc

Glossomaera octodens ( Sivaprakasam, 1969 )

Hughes, Lauren E. 2016
2016
Loc

Linguimaera octodens

Lowry 2005: 238
2005
Loc

Maera octodens

Ren 2012: 246
Lowry 2003: 181
Appadoo 2002: 668
Myers 1985: 112
Berents 1983: 128
Ledoyer 1979: 80
Ledoyer 1978: 278
Sivaprakasam 1969: 36
1969
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