New genera, species and records of Maeridae from Australian Waters: Austromaera, Ceradocus, Glossomaera, Hamimaera, Huonella gen. nov., Linguimaera and Maeraceterus gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) Author Hughes, Lauren E. text Zootaxa 2016 4115 1 1 81 journal article 38493 10.11646/zootaxa.4115.1.1 1cfd5ba9-621f-4abd-97bc-20beb462e2fd 1175-5326 255539 C0CF41A3-40FB-428E-8933-02115AB0F6E3 Linguimaera tias Krapp-Schickel, 2003 ( Fig. 59 ) Maera mastersi .— Barnard, 1972b : 108 , figs 55–56.— Sheard, 1936 : 177 , fig. 3.— Sheard, 1937 : 24 . Maera mastersii .— Hale, 1929 : 215 , fig. 213.— Chilton, 1916 : 367 .— Chilton, 1925 : 317 .— Hurley, 1954 : 603 .— Lowry & Fenwick, 1983 : 236 . Linguimaera tias Krapp-Schickel, 2003 : 277 , figs 13–15.— Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005 : 238 , 247.— Krapp-Schickel, 2008 : 22 . ? Moera mastersi .— Chilton, 1911 : 564 .— Chilton, 1921 : 72 . not Megamoera mastersii Haswell, 1879b : 265 , pl. 1, fig. 1. Material examined. New South Wales : 1 specimen , AM P.97880, east of Bermagui ( 36°26′S 150°14′06″E ), 119– 122 m , 5 September 1994 , benthic sled, coll. P.B. Berents , RV Southern Surveyor (SS05/94/155) ; 1 specimen , AM P.62906, Black Rock , south of Smoky Cape ( 30°56′58″S 153°04′32″E ), 13 m , under stones, airlift on SCUBA , 13 February 2002 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe ( NSW 1870 ) . South Australia : 2 specimens , SAMA C6504, northern side of Point Ellen Reef , Vivonne Bay , Kangaroo Island ( 35°59′13″S 137°12′25″E ), 2.5 –7.5 m , boulders, sand, 26 January 1989 , coll. W. Zeidler and K. Gowlett- Holmes ; 2 specimens , SAMA C6503, Headland near Chinaman’s Hat Island , Yorke Peninsula ( 35°17′19″S 136°55′04″E ), just below low water mark, 6 November 1976 , coll. W. Zeidler and I.C. Kowanko ; 6 specimens , SAMA C7866, western side of Whittlebee Point , east of Ceduna ( 32°19′59″S 133°11′59″E ), depth unknown, 7 March 1993 , coll. W. Zeidler , K. L. Gowlett-Holmes and B. McHenry . Western Australia : 4 specimens , AM P.79363, reef west of groyne, 2 km south of Cape Peron ( 32°16′S 115°41′E ), 6 m , deep channels in limestone reef, sponges, gorgonaceans from cave in reef, 26 December 1983 , coll. J.K. Lowry (WA 295) ; 13 specimens , AM P.79415, near Mistaken Island , Vancouver Peninsula , King George Sound ( 35°04′S 117°56′E ), 6 m , seagrass, 13 December 1983 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe (WA 121) ; 4 specimens , AM P.79468, Bramble Point , Princess Royal Harbour , Albany ( 35°03′S 117°53′E ), 1.5 m , seagrass Poisidonia australis , January 1988 , coll. P.A. Hutchings (site 5) ; 5 specimens , AM P.79467, Bramble Point , Princess Royal Harbour , Albany ( 35°02′S 117°55′E ), 1.5 m , seagrass Posidonia australis , January 1988 , coll. P.A. Hutchings (site 4) ; 1 specimen , AM P.79464, Bramble Point , Princess Royal Harbour , Albany ( 35°02′S 117°55′E ), 1.5 m , seagrass Posidonia australis , January 1988 , coll. P.A. Hutchings (site 4) ; 3 specimens , AM P.79462, Bramble Point , Princess Royal Harbour ( 35°03′S 117°53′E ), depth unknown, seagrass Posidonia australis , 15 January 1988 , coll. P.A. Hutchings , D. Walker and F.E. Wells ; 2 specimens , AM P.79465, Bramble Point , Princess Royal Harbour , Albany ( 35°02′S 117°55′E ), 1.5 m , seagrass Posidonia simulosa , January 1988 , coll. P.A. Hutchings (site 10) ; 1 specimen , AM P.79463, Bramble Point , Princess Royal Harbour , Albany ( 35°02′S 117°55′E ), 1 m , seagrass Posidonia sinuosa , January 1988 , coll. P.A. Hutchings (site 12) ; 1 specimen , AM P.79466, Quaranup , Princess Royal Harbour , Albany ( 35°03′S 117°55′E ), 2.5 m , January 1988 , coll. P.A. Hutchings (site 3). Tasmania . 2 specimens , AM P. 97881, 100 m north of Fleurieu Point , Freycinet Peninsula ( 42°10′S 148°15′E ), 10 m , green algae including Halophila sp., airlift, 30 April 1991 , coll. S.J. Keable & R.T. Springthorpe on the Flying Scud (TAS 322) ; 1 specimen , AM P. 97882, off Hannant’s Bight , Cape Sorell ( 42°11.5′S 145°11.3′E ), 16 m , pebbles & fine sediment, airlift, 27 April 1991 , coll. R.T. Springthorpe & P.M. Berents on the Flying Scud (TAS 287). Type locality. Shelly Beach , Otago Harbour, New Zealand . Remarks. Linguimaera tias was recorded here as co-occuring in samples with L. leo , similar to findings by Krapp-Schickel, 2008 . Distribution. New Zealand : Otago Harbour, Shelly Beach ( Barnard 1972b ). Australia , Victoria : Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Portland Bay, Cape Northumberland , Bass Strait ( Krapp-Schickel 2003 ). South Australia : Sellicks Beach; Kangaroo Island ; Yorke Peninsula ( Sheard 1936; current study ). Western Australia : Albany; Cape Peron; King George Sound (current study).