Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg 1938) Schellenberg 1938
- Dataset
- Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Amphipoda
- family
- Melitidae
- genus
- Quadrimaera
- species
- Quadrimaera serrata
distribution
Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Australia: Queensland: Lizard Island, One Tree Island, Magnetic Island, (Berents 1983; Krapp-Schickel 2009; current study); Northern Territory: New Year Island, McCluer Island (current study); Tasman Sea: Norfolk Island; Lord Howe Island (current study). Marshall Islands and Kiribati (Schellenberg 1938; J. L. Barnard 1965); Fiji (Schellenberg 1938; Myers 1985). Indian Ocean: Australia: Western Australia: Long Reef, Cassini Island, The Kimberley; Cape Leveque (current study); Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study); Mauritius (Appadoo et al. 2002); Madagascar (Ledoyer 1967, 1983); South Africa (Griffiths 1973); Red Sea (Ruffo 1969); India (Sivaprakasam 1968). North Pacific Ocean: Hawaii (Schellenberg 1938; J. L. Barnard 1970).
materials_examined
Material examined. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. 1 specimen, AM P. 82202, dive site " Rose Wall ", near Horsburgh Island, 12 ° 05 ' 45 " S, 96 ° 50 ' 32 " E, 13.8 m, green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., coll. K. B. Attwood, 12 October 2008, MI WA 827; 7 specimens, AM P. 82203, dive site " Rose Wall ", near Horsburgh Island, 12 ° 05 ' 45 " S, 96 ° 50 ' 32 " E, 11 m, rubble some green calcareous alga Halimeda sp., coll. L. E. Hughes, 12 October 2008, MI WA 830; 1 specimen, AM P. 82200, off West Island Jetty, 12 ° 05 ' 15 " S, 96 ° 50 ' 14 " E, 1.5 m, rubble, coll. L. E. Hughes, 14 October 2008, MI WA 843; 1 specimen, AM P. 82201, off West Island Jetty, 12 ° 05 ' 15 " S, 96 ° 50 ' 14 " E, 0 m, brown alga Turbinaria sp. as floating wrack, coll. L. E. Hughes, 14 October 2008, MI WA 844; 2 specimens, AM P. 82204, off West Island Jetty, 12 ° 05 ' 15 " S, 96 ° 50 ' 14 " E, 2 m, brown alga Padina sp., coll. L. E. Hughes and J. K. Lowry, 14 October 2008, MI WA 841. Western Australia. 2 specimens, WAM C 47855, Long Reef, The Kimberley, 13 ° 53 ' S, 125 ° 44 ' E, 2 m, 20 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey 2010, 44 / K 10 - T 1; 1 specimen, WAM C 47856, Cassini Island, The Kimberley, 13 ° 55 ' S, 125 ° 37 ' E, 2 m, 16 October 2010, coll. Andrew Hosie, Woodside Kimberley Survey, 32 / K 10 - T 1; 1 specimen, AM P. 98058, inner lagoon, Ningaloo Reef, 21 ° 53 ' 9 " S, 113 ° 59 ' 26 " E, 1.5 m, brown alga Lobophora sp., 18 June 2008, coll. L. E. Hughes MI WA 987, NR 18; 1 specimen, AM P. 83824, Shenton Bluff, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, 16 ° 28 ' 37 " S, 12 ° 32 ' 38 " E, 5.1 m, brown algae Sargassum sp. on rubble, 22 May 2010, coll. K. B. Attwood, MI WA 1080; 2 specimens, AM P. 83825, emerging lagoon at low tide near Shenton Bluff, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, 16 ° 28 ' 58 " S, 12 ° 32 ' 40 " E, 6.9 m, brown algae Sargassum sp., 23 May 2010, coll. K. B. Attwood, MI WA 1090; 3 specimens, AM P. 83826, Riddell Point, Cygnet Bay, Cape Leveque, 16 ° 27 ' 59 " S, 12 ° 31 ' 41 " E, 9.9 m, rubble, 25 May 2010, coll. K. B. Attwood, MI WA 1127; 2 specimens, AM P. 83827, Jackson Island site A, Cape Leveque, 16 ° 25 ' 19 " S, 12 ° 35 ' 19 " E, 5.8 m, rubble, 27 May 2010, coll. L. E. Hughes, MI WA 1148. Northern Territory: 2 specimens, AM P. 78314, patch reef on north side of New Year Island, 10 ° 54 ' S, 13 ° 32 ' E, 10 m, hydroids on coral, 14 October 1982, coll. G. C. B. Poore, NT 17; 1 specimen, AM P. 78316, south end of McCluer Island, 11 ° 06 ' S, 133 ° E, 8 m, had coral Acropora sp. base, 17 October 1982, coll. P. Horner, NT 59; 13 specimens, AM P. 78315, bommies at north-west end of McCluer Island, 11 ° 2 ' S, 132 ° 58 ' E, 8 m, Stylophora bases, 16 October 1982, coll. P. Horner, NT 36; 11 specimens, AM P. 78317, south end of McCluer Island, 11 ° 6 ' S, 133 ° 00 ' E, 8 m, coral Seriatopora hystrix, 17 October 1982, coll. J. K. Lowry, NT 61. Queensland: 1 specimen, AM P. 75800, largest bommie in lagoon at the ' Entrance', One Tree Island, 23 ° 29 ' 16 " S, 15 ° 24 ' 46 " E, 4.1 m, 25 October 2006, coral rubble, coll. J. K. Lowry and L. E. Hughes, QLD 1946; many specimens, AM P. 75799, centre bommie, First Lagoon, One Tree Island, 23 ° 30 ' 12 " S, 15 ° 25 ' 19 " E, 1.7 m, dead coral with epiphytes, 29 October 2006, coll. L. E. Hughes and J. K. Lowry, QLD 2006; many specimens, AM P. 80624, 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, Original Vial Label Data: 290499; many specimens, AM P. 80625, 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, Original Vial Label Data: 170299. Norfolk Island: 1 male, 9 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P. 92512, Fig Valley reef, 29 ° 3 ' 20 " S, 167 ° 55 ' 44 " E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiroa anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L. E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 1 b female, 6.4 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P. 92513, Fig Valley reef, 29 ° 3 ' 20 " S, 167 ° 55 ' 44 " E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiora anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L. E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 1 c male, 6 mm, AM P. 92514, Fig Valley reef, 29 ° 3 ' 20 " S, 167 ° 55 ' 44 " E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiora anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L. E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 3 specimens, AM P. 81503, Fig Valley reef, 29 ° 3 ' 20 " S, 167 ° 55 ' 44 " E, 18.7 m, red coralline algae Amphiroa anceps and other mixed red algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L. E. Hughes, MI NFK 71; 1 specimen, AM P. 81505, Fig Valley reef, 29 ° 3 ' 20 " S, 167 ° 55 ' 44 " E, 20 m, red sponge like algae, 19 May 2008, coll. L. E. Hughes, MI NFK 69; 10 specimens, AM P. 81502, dive site ‘ The Wall’, Nepean Island, 29 ° 4 ' 17 " S, 167 ° 57 ' 40 " E, 17 m, green algae Halimeda sp., 15 May 2008, coll. J. K. Lowry, MI NFK 45. Lord Howe Island. Many specimens, AM P. 98059, north end of Old Settlement Beach, 31 ° 31 ' 12 " S, 15 ° 93 ' 36 " E, under intertidal rocks, 11 May 1977, coll. G. D. Fenwick and J. K. Lowry, LHA 13. Type locality. Kiribati, 140 ' S, 17922 ' W.