Ampithoe kava (Myers, 1985)

Hughes, Lauren E. & Peart, Rachael A., 2013, New species and new records of Ampithoidae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) from Australian Waters, Zootaxa 3719 (1), pp. 1-102 : 7-9

Ampithoe kava (Myers, 1985)

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Ampithoe ramondi .—J.L. Barnard, 1970: 50, figs 18–19.—Ledoyer, 1984: 13, fig. 4.

Amphithoe kava Myers, 1985: 21 –22, fig. 15.—Myers, 1986a: 288, table 1.—Lyons & Myers, 1990: 1200, figs 3, 4.—Myers, 1997: 108.—Poore & Lowry, 1997: 909, figs 6–9.—Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 60 (catalogue). Ampithoe kava .—Appadoo & Myers, 2004: 333 (key).—Peart, 2007b: 42–44, figs 30–31 (key).—Hughes & Lowry, 2009: 161–164, figs 5–6.

Type locality. Taunovo Bay, Viti Levu, Fiji.

Material examined. Western Australia: many specimens, WAM C43787, Montgomery Island, Kimberley (16°00.715’S 124°10.248’E), intertidal, back reef, 23 October 2009, coll. Andrew Hosie (25/K09-T2).

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1 male, 5.4 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.90104, dive site “Surf Shack Drift”, western side of West Island (12°9’34”S 96°48’59”E), 17 m, rubble outside of cave, 15 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 857); 1 male, undissected, AM P.90105, dive site “Surf Shack Drift”, western side of West Island (12°9’34”S 96°48’59”E), 17 m, rubble outside of cave, 15 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 857); many specimens, AM P.81880, dive site “Winter Wall”, near Horsburgh Island, (12°05’15”S 96°50’14”E), 3 m, mooring buoy, 12 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI WA 838); 9 specimens, AM P.81877, northeast corner of the lagoon (12°06’18”S 96°51’11”E), 3 m, seagrass beds Thalassia hemprichii base and stems covered in epiphytes, 10 October 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI WA 810); 3 specimens, AM P.81878, off West Island Jetty (12°05’15”S 96°50’14”E), 0 m, brown alga Turbinaria sp. as floating wrack, 14 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 844); 8 specimens, AM P.81879, off West Island Jetty (12°05’15”S 96°50’14”E), 2 m, brown alga Padina sp., 14 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry (MI WA 841).

Queensland: 3 specimens, AM P.80589, Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island (19°11’S 146°49’E), depth unknown, seagrasses Cymodocea serrulata , Halodule uninervis and Halophila ovalis , 17 February 1999, coll. D.W. Klumpp and S.N. Kwak.

Remarks. This is the first record of A. kava from the oceanic islands of the Indian Ocean.

Distribution. Fiji (Myers 1985). Tonga (Myers 1986a). Western Samoa (Myers 1997). Hawaii (J.L. Barnard 1970). Australia: Great Barrier Reef; Port Jackson (current study; Hughes & Lowry 2009; Poore & Lowry 1997; Peart 2007b). New Caledonia (Ledoyer 1984). Indian Ocean: Red Sea (Lyons & Myers 1990); Mauritius (Appadoo & Myers 2004); Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study). Australia. Western Australia: Kimberley (current study). Queensland: Magnetic Island (current study).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Ampithoe kava Myers, 1985, male, 5.4 mm, AM P. 90104, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, scales 0.1 mm.