Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe 2005

Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005 Mallacoota subcarinata. —J.L. Barnard, 1972: 247, fig. 144. — Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 632 (in part). Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 260, 261, figs, 20–22. Type locality. Between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis, South Australia...

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Main Author: HUGHES, L. E.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5460448
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5460448
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Summary:Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005 Mallacoota subcarinata. —J.L. Barnard, 1972: 247, fig. 144. — Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 632 (in part). Mallacoota euroka Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 260, 261, figs, 20–22. Type locality. Between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis, South Australia (approx. 25°20’S 137°40’E). Material examined. South Australia. Holotype male, AM P.60651, between Troubridge Light and Cape Jervis, (approx. 35º20’S 137º40’E), 20 m, sponge on mud bottom, 14 March 1978, coll. D. Blake and H. Larsen; 4 specimens (1 male, 1 female and 2 juvenile male), MV J62172, east side of bay, Pearson Island (33º57”18’S 134º15”42’E), 20 m, 17 April 1985 (SA 55); 3 specimens (1 male and 2 juvenile male), MV J62167, The Hotspot Reef, 5 nautical miles west of Flinders Island (33º40”48’S 134º22”30’E), 21 m, 20 April 1985 (SA 72); 4 specimens, MV J56868, shallow reef, Wallaroo (33°56’S 137°37’E), 1.8 m, no further information.; 1 specimen, MV J19527, Williamstown (37°53’S 144°54’E), 2 m, 4 April 1990; 12 specimens, MV J56557, north-east side of Topgallant Island, Investigator Group (33°43’00”S 134°36’36”E), 12 m, 21 April 1985 (SA 78); 2 male specimens, SAMA C6724, off South-west point of St. Francis Island (32°30’0”S 133°18’04”E), 34 m, 29 January 1982, coll. W. Zeidler. Western Australia. 1 male 9.7 mm, dissected,3 slides, AM P.79422, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia australis, 18 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings; 1 female, 8.0 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.85214, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia australis, 18 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings; 1 male specimen, AM P.79426, Bramble Point, Princess Royal Harbour, Albany (35°02'S 117°55'E), 1.5 m, seagrass Posidonia sinuosa, 20 January 1988, coll. P.A. Hutchings. Remarks. This species has the mandibular palp article one swollen distally, similar to that in the genus Parelamopus, however in M. euroka article two of the palp is longer ...