Quadrimaera viridis Haswell 1880

• Main Author: Hughes, Lauren E.
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• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Melitidae; Quadrimaera; Quadrimaera viridis; Pacific; New Zealand; Endeavour; Hale; Lowry; Chevreux; Harding; Flinders; East Bay; Holdfast; East Cape; Kangaroo Island; West Island; Adventure Bay; Sail Rock; Smooth Island; Clark Island; False Island; Fanny Point; King George Sound; Possession Point; Francis Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5306638; https://zenodo.org/record/5306638

Quadrimaera viridis (Haswell, 1880) (Fig. 47) Moera viridis Haswell, 1880: 333 –334, pl. 21, fig. 2. Elasmopus viridis .— Stebbing 1906: 445.— Stebbing, 1910: 683.— Chevreux, 1908: 482. Maera viridis .— Chilton 1916: 362 –365, figs. 3, 4.— Chilton, 1921: 73.— J.L. Barnard, 1972 a: 227 –231, figs 133–135.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 187 (catalogue). Maera inaequipes .— Hale 1929: 214 –215, fig. 212 (not M. inaequipes Costa). Quadrimaera viridis .— Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo 2000: 195.— Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: tab. 1. Material examined. Western Australia: 6 specimens, AM P. 79346, outer edge of Ningaloo Reef off Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park, 21 ° 59 '00"S, 113 ° 54 ' 30 "E, 12 m, encrusting invertebrates on plate coral, 2 January 1984, coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 359; 8 specimens, AM P. 79324, inshore limestone reef off Neds Camp, Cape Range National Park, 21 ° 59 'S, 113 ° 55 'E, 1.5 m, "crinkly" brown alga, 2 January 1984, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 379; 15 specimens, AM P. 79317, off Possession Point, King George Sound, 35 °03'S, 11 ° 758 'E, 7 m, finger sponges and algae, 14 December 1983, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 136; many specimens, AM P. 79365, off Possession Point, King George Sound, 35 °03'S, 117 ° 58 'E, 7 m, mixed sponges and algae, 14 December 1983, coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 135; many specimens, AM P. 79314, near Mistaken Island, King George Sound, Vancouver Peninsula, 35 °04'S, 117 ° 56 'E, 2 m, soft corals, 13 December 1983, coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 105; 16 specimens, AM P. 79420, 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; 16 specimens, AM P. 79339, near Mistaken Island, Vancouver Peninsula, King George Sound, 35 °04'S, 117 ° 56 'E, 2 m, grey sponge with crinoids, 13 December 1983, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 114; many specimens, AM P. 79360, rocks near Migo Island, Torbay Bay, Port Harding, 35 °04'S, 117 ° 39 'E, 6–7 m, branched alga with compound tunicate on underside of branches, 15 December 1983, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and J.K. Lowry, WA 152; 8 specimens, AM P. 79376, rocky shore, Red Bluff, Kalbarri, 27 ° 42 'S, 11 ° 49 'E, 3–4 m, mixed algae, sediment, 10 January 1984, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 474; 26 specimens, AM P. 79335, rocky shore, Red Bluff, Kalbarri, 27 ° 42 'S, 114 °09'E, 1 m, stalked ascidians on rock ledge, 9 January 1984, coll. H.E. Stoddart, WA 445; 14 specimens, AM P. 79328, rocks near Migo Island, Torbay Bay, Port Harding, 35 °04'S, 117 ° 39 'E, 6–7 m, mixed sponges, 15 December 1983, coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 141; 4 specimens, AM P. 79384, rocks near Migo Island, Port Harding, Torbay Bay, 35 °04'S, 117 ° 39 'E, 6–7 m, red sponges with zoanthid, black-spotted white ascidian, 15 December 1983, coll. J.K. Lowry, WA 151; 14 specimens, AM P. 79333, reef west of groyne, 2 km south of Cape Peron, 32 ° 16 'S, 115 ° 41 'E, 3 m, tough red alga, 26 December 1983, coll. R.T. Springthorpe, WA 299; 1 specimen, NMV J 56565, point at north end of Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay, 34 ° 58 ' 12 "S, 118 ° 10 ' 48 "E, 5m, tufted red algae and soft erect bryozoan, 20 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore, SWA 72; 15 specimens, NMV J 57014, northeastern end, Vancouver Peninsula, 35 °03' 24 "S, 117 ° 56 ' 12 "E, 3 m, tufted red algae, soft coral and sponges, 8 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 22; 7 specimens, NMV J 56990, north side, Cape Riche, 34 ° 37 '00"S, 118 ° 47 '00"E, 7 m, date, SWA 49; 6 specimens, NMV J 57002, north of False Island, King George Sound, 35 °00' 42 "S, 118 ° 10 '06"E, 27 m, red algae and bryozoan, 15 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 57; 10 specimens, NMV J 56982, north side, Cape Riche, 34 ° 37 '00"S, 118 ° 47 '00"E, 6 m, sponges on vertical rock face, 12 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 47; 2 specimens, NMV J 56995, northeastern end, Vancouver Peninsula, 35 °03' 24 "S, 117 ° 56 ' 12 "E, 10 m, red algae, 8 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 19; 7 specimens, NMV J 56904, northeastern end, Vancouver Peninsula, 35 °03' 24 "S, 117 ° 56 ' 12 "E, 10 m, red algae, 8 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SWA 24; 10 specimens, NMV J 56591, northern side, West Island, 35 ° 37 '00"S, 138 ° 36 '00"E, 4 m, macroalga Ecklonia sp. holdfast, 21 March 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore and H.M. Lew Ton, SA 45; 3 specimens, NMV J56589, 1 km offshore, Seven Mile Beach, North of Dongara, 29 ° 12 '00"S, 114 ° 53 '00"E, 9 m, 27 April 1986, SWA 98; 7 specimens, NMV J56590, 1 km offshore, Seven Mile Beach, north of Dongara, 29 ° 12 '00"S, 114 ° 53 '00"E, 9 m, 27 April 1986, SWA 99; 1 specimens, NMV J 56588, Seven Mile Beach, north of Dongara, 29 ° 12 '00"S, 114 ° 53 '00"E, 1 m, 22 April 1986, SWA 83; 2 specimens, NMV J 56592, Seven Mile Beach, north of Dongara, 29 ° 12 '00"S, 114 ° 53 '00"E, 1.0 m, 24 April 1986, SWA 91; 2 specimens, NMV J 56566, point at north end of Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay, 34 ° 58 ' 12 "S, 118 ° 10 ' 48 "E, 5.0 m, 18 April 1986, SWA 73; 8 specimens, NMV J 56567, point at north end of Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay, 34 ° 58 ' 12 "S, 118 ° 10 ' 48 E, 5.0 m, 18 April 1986, SWA 78. South Australia: several specimens, SAMA C 6530, 1300 m offshore, Cape Northumberland, 38 ° 3 ' 29 "S, 140 ° 39 ' 43 "E, red alga community, 1976–1977, coll. S.A. Shepherd; several specimens, SAMA C 6735, Fowlers Bay Jetty, west of Ceduna, 31 ° 59 ' 24 "S, 132 ° 26 ' 20 "E, 2 March 1993, coll. W. Zeidler, K.L. Gowlett-Holmes and B. McHenry; several specimens, SAMA C 6529, Greenly Island, 34 ° 38 ' 46 "S, 134 ° 46 ' 59 "E, in weed, 28 November 1976, coll. W. Zeidler; 2 specimens, NMV J 56564, "The Hotspot" reef, 4–5 nautical miles west of northern end of Flinders Island, 33 ° 40 ' 30 "S, 134 ° 22 '00"E, 17 m, macroalga Cystophora sp. holdfast on exposed rocky bottom, 19 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 61; 2 specimens, NMV J 56563, northeastern side of Topgallant Island, Investigator Group, 33 ° 43 '00"S, 134 ° 36 ' 36 "E, 7.0 m, brown alga Acrocarpia aniculata and red algae, 22 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 83; 1 specimen, NMV J 56562, "The Hotspot" reef, 5 nautical miles west of Flinders Island, 33 ° 40 ' 48 "S, 134 ° 22 ' 30 "E, 21 m, tufted red algae and soft red bryozoan, 20 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 72; 1 specimen, NMV J 56561, northeastern side of Topgallant Island, Investigator Group, 33 ° 43 '00"S, 134 ° 36 ' 36 "E, 16 m, alga Cystophora sp., 22 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 84; several specimens, SAMA C 6531, 18.6 miles west north west of Rapid Head, Gulf of St Vincent, 35 ° 31 '08"S, 138 ° 10 '01"E, in sponges and bryozoans, in prawn trawl, 5 June 1987, coll. K.L. Gowlett-Homes and S. Corigliano, FV Rivoli Queen several specimens, SAMA C 6533, East Bay, St Francis Island, Nuyts Archipelago, 33 ° 30 ' 6 "S, 133 ° 17 ' 24 ”E, 1 February 2002, coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C 6532, Western side of Smooth Island, Nuyts Archipelago, 33 ° 30 ' 6 "S, 133 ° 17 ' 24 ”E, kelp dominated, February 2002, coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C 6705, Moonta Bay Jetty, YorkePeninsula, 34 ° 2 ' 30 "S, 137 ° 33 '0"E, Jetty pylons, rubble, sand and seagrass Posidonia sp., 15 December 1994, coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6543, approximately 1.5 km W of Cape Jaffa, 36 ° 56 ' 43 "S, 139 ° 39 ' 57 "E, undulating reef algae, 15 February 1989, coll. W Zeidler; several specimens, SAMA C 6537, Lagoon East of Margaret Brock Reef Lighthouse, off Cape Jaffa, 36 ° 57 '09"S, 139 ° 39 ' 52 "E, stringy ascidian, 18 February 1989, coll. W. Zeidler and K. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6534, approximately 3 km west north west of Margaret Brock Reef Lighthouse, South East, Cape Jaffa, 36 ° 57 ' 9 "S, 139 ° 39 ' 52 "E, reef, ridges, algae, sand, 17 February 1989 coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6542, South East, between Godfrey Islands, Cape Thomas, 37 ° 5 ' 19 "S, 139 ° 43 ' 20 "E, soft rock, reef, algae, sand, 16 February 1989, coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6576, Fanny Point, Boston Island, Eyre Penninsula, 34 ° 44 '02"S, 135 ° 55 ' 45 'E, on Sargassum sp. algae, 17 February 1988, coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6536, Penneshaw Jetty, Kangaroo Island, 35 ° 43 '00"S, 137 ° 56 ' 30 "E, Pilons, sand, weed, 31 January 1989, coll. K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6538, northern side of Point Ellen Reef, Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, 35 ° 59 ' 13 "S, 137 ° 12 ' 25 "E, boulders, sand, 26 January 1989, coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6539, NorthPoint St. Francis Island, Nuyts Archipelago, 33 ° 30 ' 30 "S, 133 ° 14 ' 48 "E, kelp-dominated, February 2002, coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C 6540, North west of Freeling Island, Nuyts Archipelago, 33 ° 30 ' 30 "S, 133 ° 14 ' 48 "E, mixed fucoid, February 2002, coll. A. Hirst, SARDI Encounter 2002 Expedition; several specimens, SAMA C 6535, Edithburg Jetty, Yorke Penninsula, 35 ° 6 '0"S, 137 ° 43 ' 60 "E, in bryozoan-sponge mass, 26 November 1985, coll. W. Zeidler and K.L. Gowlett-Holmes; several specimens, SAMA C 6541, Edithburg Jetty, Yorke Penninsula, 35 ° 6 '0"S, 137 ° 43 ' 60 "E, in sponge bryozoan mass, 26 November 1985, coll. W. Zeidler, K.L. Gowlett- Homes and T. Stranks; 3 specimens, NMV J 56568, "The "Hotspot" reef, 5 nautical miles west of northern end of Flinders Island, 33 ° 40 ' 30 "S, 134 ° 22 '00"E, 17 m, 19 April 1985, coll. G.C.B. Poore, SA 65. New South Wales: many specimens, AM P. 72913, East Wall, north of Burrewarra Point, 35 ° 50 ' 1 "S, 150 ° 14 ' 9 "E, 25 m, macroalga Corallina berteri, 25 October 2002, coll. G.D.F. Wilson, A.J. Millar andN. Yee, NSW 1987. Tasmania: 2 specimens, AM P. 83563, Joes Bight, Freycinet Peninsula, 42 ° 16 ' 42 "S, 148 ° 18 ' 42 "E, 17 m, flat red algae with under surface heavily encrusted with epiphytes, 1 May 1991, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and S.J. Keable, TAS 346; 4 specimens, AM P. 83564, Joes Bight, Freycinet Peninsula, 42 ° 16 ' 42 "S, 148 ° 18 ' 42 "E, 17 m, Ecklonia sp. holdfasts, 1 May 1991, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and S.J. Keable, TAS 329; many specimens, AM P. 83567, Rocky Cape, 40 ° 51 'S, 145 ° 31 'E, 6 m, algae, 8 December 1977, coll. C.J. Short, TAS- 5; 1 specimen, AM P. 83560, east of Hannants Bight, Cape Sorell, 42 ° 11 ' 30 "S, 145 ° 11 ' 30 "E, 15 m, mixed sponges, 28 April 1991, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS 308; 4 specimens, AM P. 83557, north side of Esperance Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 43 ° 19 ' 30 "S, 14 ° 75 ' 30 "E, 14 m, mixed red algae, sponges and Caulerpa sp., 18 April 1991,coll. S.J. Keable, J.K. Lowry and R.T. Springthorpe, TAS 179; many specimens, AM P. 83562, north side of Esperance Point, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, 43 ° 19 ' 30 "S, 14 ° 75 ' 30 "E, 13 m, sponges, lace bryozoan, red algae and? Vittaticella , 18 April 1991,coll. S.J. Keable, J.K. Lowry and R.T. Springthorpe, TAS 187; many specimens, AM P. 83559, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, 43 ° 19 ' 48 "S, 147 ° 19 ' 12 "E 15 m, macroalga Ecklonia sp. holdfasts, 23 April 1991,coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS- 252; 1 specimen, AM P. 83561, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay,Bruny Island, 43 ° 19 ' 48 "S, 147 ° 19 ' 12 "E, 15 m, red algae, 23 April 1991, coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS- 253; 1 specimen, AM P. 83558, Cemetery Bluff, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, 43 ° 19 ' 48 "S, 147 ° 19 ' 12 "E, 15 m, sponges, 23 April 1991,coll. R.T. Springthorpe and P.M. Berents, TAS- 249; 4 specimens, AM P. 83566, Quiet Corner, Adventure Bay, South Bruny Island, 43 ° 21 ' 30 "S, 147 ° 19 ' 30 "E, 3 m, orange "frilly"bryozoan, 22 April 1991,coll. P.B. Berents and P.M. Berents, TAS 235; 6 specimens, AM P. 83565, Quiet Corner, Adventure Bay, South Bruny Island, 43 ° 21 ' 30 "S, 147 ° 19 ' 30 "E, 1–2 m, kelp holdfasts, 22 April 1991, coll. P.B. Berents and P.M. Berents, TAS 233. Norfolk Island: 1 specimen, AM P. 81498, east of Sail Rock, Phillip Island, 29 °06' 54 "S, 167 ° 57 ' 31 "E, 10.6 m, red algae with encrusting fauna, 14 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 23; 1 specimen, AM P. 81499, Cow Bay, Phillip Island, 29 °09"S, 167 ° 57 '03"E, 12.8 m, red sponge like algae, 14 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes, MI NFK 33; 1 male, dissected, 4 slides, AM P. 81500, dive site ‘The Wall’, Nepean Island, 29 °04' 17 "S, 167 ° 57 ' 40 "E, 10 m, tufted red and brown algae, 15 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry, MI NFK 43. Type locality. Clark Island, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Distribution. Australia: Western Australia: Cottesloe; Albany; King George Sound; Cape Range National Park; Port Harding; Kalbarri; Cape Peron; Vancouver Peninsula; Cape Riche; Dongara; Two Peoples Bay (J.L. Barnard 1972 a; current study); South Australia: Flinders Island; Investigator Group; Cape Northumberland; Ceduna; Greenly Island; Gulf of St Vincent; Nuyts Archipelago; Yorke Peninsula; Kangaroo Island; Point Noarlunga; Eyre Penninsula; Cape Jaffa; Cape Thomas (J.L. Barnard 1972 a; current study); Victoria: Port Phillip (J.L. Barnard 1972 a); New South Wales: Port Jackson; Burrewarra Point (Haswell 1879; Chiton 1916; current study); Tasmania: eastern slope of Bass Strait; Freycinet Peninsula; Rocky Cape; Cape Sorell; D'Entrecasteaux Channel; Bruny Island (Chilton 1921; current study); Lord Howe Island (Chilton 1916); Norfolk Island: Phillip Island; Nepean Island (current study). : 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 pages 250-253, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/232164 : {"references": ["Haswell, W. A. (1880) On some additional new genera andspecies of amphipodous crustaceans. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 4, 319 - 350, pls. 18 - 24.", "Stebbing, T. R. R. (1906) Amphipoda. I. Gammaridea. Das Tierreich, 21, 1 - 806.", "Stebbing, T. R. R. 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