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Globosolembos excavatus

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Description

Globosolembos excavatus (Myers)

Lembos excavatus Myers, 1975: 32, figs. 76–82; Ledoyer, 1982: 218, figs. 104–105 (in part).

Lembos processifer.–Ledoyer, 1984: 35 (in part), fig. 16 (“forme 2”) (not L. processifer Pirlot, 1938: 330, figs. 147–149).

Lembos (Globosolembos) excavatus.– Myers, 1985 a: 363, fig. 234.

Globosolembos excavatus.– Myers, 1986: 285, figs. 11–12; Myers, 1988: 329; Myers, 1998: 195.

Material examined. AM P54524 (433, 3♀♀, 1 immature), lagoon in front of Puatai Rock, Avera, Rurutu, Austral Isles, 1 m depth, rubble and algae inside reef platform, J.K. Lowry, 10 August, 1991; AM P47079 (1♀) same locality, collector and date, 0.5 m, sand, algae and mussels on shallow reef platform; AM P54531 (13, 5♀♀, 2 immatures) near edge of lagoon at Rairua, Raivavae, Austral Isles, 0.5– 1 m depth, coarse sand and rubble, J.K. Lowry, 14 August 1991.

Remarks. Specimens from the Austral Isles closely resemble those collected in Tonga (Myers, 1986).

Habitat. In sand and rubble, often in association with algae and phanerogammes.

Distribution. East Africa, Madagascar, north eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga, Austral Isles.

Notes

Published as part of Alan A Myers, 2005, Aoridae (Amphipoda: Corophioidea) from the Austral Isles, pp. 355-360 in Records of the Australian Museum 57 on page 358

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AM
Event date
1991-08-14
Family
Aoridae
Genus
Globosolembos
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Myers
Species
excavatus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1991-08-14
Taxonomic concept label
Globosolembos excavatus (Myers, 1975) sec. A, 2005

References

  • Myers, A. A., 1985 b. Studies on the genus Lembos Bate. XII. L. dentischium Myers ssp taparum nov., L. saloteae sp. nov., L. waipio Barnard, L. aequimanus Schellenberg, L. virgus sp. nov., L. regius sp. nov., L. tui sp. nov. Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona 10: 369 - 406.
  • Myers, A. A., 1986. Amphipoda from the South Pacific: Tonga. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 271 - 289
  • Myers, A. A., 1988. The genera Archaeobemlos nov. gen. Bemlos Shoemaker, Protolembos Myers and Globosolembos Myers (Amphipoda, Aoridae, Aorinae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 40 (5 - 6): 265 - 332.