Ceradocus baudini Hughes, 2016, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Hughes, Lauren E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Melitidae; Ceradocus; Ceradocus baudini; Queensland; Lowry; Malus; Lewis Island; Malus Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5306648; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5306648

Ceradocus baudini sp. nov. (Figs 2–6) Type material. Western Australia: Holotype female, 6 mm, dissected, 2 slides, AM P.92241, Beacon Island, Abrolhos Islands (28°25′30″S 113°47′00″E), 24 m, coral rubble covered in coralline algae, half way up reef front, 23 May 1992, coll. P.A. Hutchings (WA 501); paratype male, 6 mm, (left gnathopod the larger), AM P.79472, Beacon Island, Abrolhos Islands (28°25′30″S 113°47′00″E), 24 m, coral rubble covered in coralline algae, half way up reef front, 23 May 1992, coll. P.A. Hutchings (WA 501). Additional material examined. Western Australia: 1 female, 6 mm, dissected, 4 slides, WAM C59000, Adele Island, The Kimberley, Western Australia (15°31′40″S 123°12′00″E) 13 October 2009, coll. Andrew Hosie (01/ K09-T1); 2 specimens, WAM C43732, Adele Island, The Kimberley (15°31′40″S 123°12′00″E) (01/K09-T1); 4 males, AM P. 97862, northern side of Malus Island, Dampier Archipelago (20°30.056′S 116°40.579′E), 8.7 m, mixed sponges, 27 August 1999, coll. R.A. Peart (WA 655); 1 male, AM P. 97863, east side of West Lewis Island, Dampier Archipelago (20°34.655′S 116°39.721′E), 5 m, from under rocks, 4 September 1999, coll. R.A. Peart (WA 709); 1 dissected specimen, 4 slides, NMV J46911, north side of Cape Riche (34°37′00″S 118°47′00″E), 6 m, 14 April 1984 (SWA-47); 1 specimen, NMV J56984, north side of Cape Riche (34°37′00″S 118°47′00″E), 6 m, 14 April 1984 (SWA-47). Northern Territory: 1 specimen, 5.8 mm, dissected in part, 1 slide, AM P.78241, patch reef on north side of New Year Island (10°54′S 133°02′E), 10 m, coral rubble, 14 October 1982, coll. J.K. Lowry (NT 8). Queensland: 1 a female, 5.5 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.92239, northwest corner of Goodes Island, Torres Strait (10°33′35″S 142°09′09″E), 7.8 m, dead coral cf Tubipora musica, 29 September 2006, coll. M. Capa and L.E. Hughes (QLD 1874); 3 specimens, AM P.75599, northwest corner of Goodes Island, Torres Strait (10°33′35″S 142°09′09″E), 7.8 m, dead coral cf Tubipora musica, 29 September 2006, coll. M. Capa and L.E. Hughes (QLD ...