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Elasmopus molokai Barnard 1970
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Description
Elasmopus molokai Barnard, 1970
(Figs 11, 12)
Elasmopus molokai J.L. Barnard, 1970: 121, figs 71, 72.— J.L. Barnard, 1971a: 75.— Vader & Krapp-Schickel, 2012: 1198 (key).
Material examined. 1 male, 4.6 mm, dissected, 4 slides, WAM C46267, Cassini Island, The Kimberley, Western Australia, 13°55'S, 125°37'E 1.3 m, 16 October 2010, coll. L. Betteridge, Woodside Kimberley Survey, 32/K10, adhoc.
Type locality. Oahu, Hawaii.
Remarks. This is the first record of this species in Australia and the most westerly record for this species.
Distribution. Indian Ocean: Australia: Western Australia: Arthur Head, Kalbarri, Ned’s, Camp, Jackson Island, Cassini Island (current study). North Pacific Ocean: Hawaii, Oahu (Barnard 1970).
Notes
Published as part of Hughes, Lauren E., 2015, Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea), pp. 201-256 in Zootaxa 4059 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/232164
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Melitidae
- Genus
- Elasmopus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Barnard
- Species
- molokai
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Elasmopus molokai Barnard, 1970 sec. Hughes, 2015
References
- Barnard, J. L. (1970) Sublittoral Gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 34, 1 - 286. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.34
- Barnard, J. L. (1971) Keys to the Hawaiian marine Gammaridea, 0 - 30 meters. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 58, 1 - 135. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.58
- Vader, W. & Krapp-Schickel, T. (2012) On some maerid and melitid material (Crustacea: Amphipoda) collected by the Hourglass Cruises (Florida). Part 2: Genera Dulichiella and Elasmopus, with a key to world Elasmopus. Journal of Natural History, 46, 19 - 20, 1179 - 1218. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2011.652984