Cymadusa imbroglio Rabindranath, 1972

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Cymadusa imbroglio Rabindranath, 1972

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Cymadusa imbroglio Rabindranath, 1972: 175 , fig. 9.—Myers, 1985: 29, figs 20–21.—Myers, 1995: 38.—Myers, 1997: 108.—Peart, 2004: 320, figs 12–15.—Peart, 2007a: 18, figs 12–14.—Hughes & Lowry, 2009: 184–188, figs 19–20, pl. 1F. Cymadusa filosa forme imbroglio .—Ledoyer, 1984: 5, 15 figs 5–6.

Type locality. Manoli Island, Gulf of Mannar, southern India.

Material examined. New South Wales: 2 specimens, AM P.77445, Tree Point, 50 km southeast of Grafton (29°49’S 153°17’E), rock pool, 1 October 1989, coll. G. Wilson.

Lord Howe Island: Male, 18.3 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.90112, Sylph’s Hole (31°31’18”S 159°03’30”E), among algae, 14 May 1977, coll. G. Kraft (LHA 35); 1 specimen, AM P.76700, Sylph’s Hole (31°31’18”S 159°03’30”E), among algae, 14 May 1977, coll. G. Kraft (LHA 35); 5 specimens, AM P.76701, north end of Old Settlement Beach (31°31’12”S 159°03’36”E), under intertidal rocks, 11 May 1977, coll. G.D. Fenwick and J.K. Lowry (LHA 13); 1 specimen, AM P.88439 (31°31’12”S 159°03’48”E), 15 February 2006, coll. A. Davey.

Victoria: 5 specimens, NMV J56524 , off Crib Point, Western Port (38°21’41”S 145°13’31”E), 11 m, 0 9 March 1965 (CPBS-S 23).

Timor Sea, Ashmore Reef: Male, 9.9 mm, dissected, 3 slides, MAGNT Cr017855, (12°14’S 122°57’15”E), intertidal low water mark, seagrass flats and calcareous green alga Halimeda sp., 29 July 1986, Coll. H.K. Larson (Station HG 86-65, 2); 3 specimens, MAGNT Cr004527, (12°14’S 122°57’15”E), intertidal low water mark, seagrass flats and calcareous green alga Halimeda sp., 29 July 1986, Coll. H.K. Larson (Station HG 86-65, 2).

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Male, 12.0 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.82134, 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).

Distribution. Australia. New South Wales: Grafton, Botany Bay, Lord Howe Island (Peart 2004, 2007a; current study). Victoria: Western Port (current study). Kosrae (Myers 1995). Western Samoa (Myers 1997). Indian Ocean: Mauritius (Appadoo & Myers 2004); Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study).

Figures

FIGURE 29. Cymadusa imbroglio Rabindranath, 1974, male, 18.3 mm, AM P. 90112, Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea, scales 0.1 mm.