Waematau reinga Duncan 1994

• Main Authors: Ball, P., Webber, W. Richard, Shepherd, Lara D.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Talitridae; Waematau; Waematau reinga; Holloway; New Zealand; North Cape; Seta
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5998960; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5998960

Waematau reinga Duncan, 1994 (FigS 15–20) Material examined. Type material. Holotype: male (CMNZ 2017.18.5), eaSt SpiritS Bay, Unuwhao, New Zealand, coll. Holloway B.A., 29 November 1960. Allotype: female (CMNZ 2017.18.6), eaSt SpiritS Bay, Unuwhao, New Zealand, coll. Holloway B.A., 29 November 1960. Other material examined: 3 maleS, 3 femaleS (MNZ CR. 022708), Kohuroa (A); 1 female (MNZ CR.023908), Kohuroa (A); 3 maleS, 1 female (MNZ CR.023909), North Cape; 2 femaleS (MNZ CR.023910), Unuwhao (A); 1 female (MNZ CR.023911), Radar BuSh; 1 male (MNZ CR.023912), Kohuroa (A); 1 female (MNZ CR.023913), Kohuroa (A); 1 male (MNZ CR.023914), Kohuroa (A); 1 female (MNZ CR.023915), Radar BuSh; 5 maleS, 3 femaleS (MNZ CR.023916), Kohuroa (A); 2 femaleS, 2 indeterminate Sex (MNZ CR.023917), Kohuroa (A); 1 female (MNZ CR.023918), Kohuroa (A); 1 male, 2 femaleS (MNZ CR.023927), Radar BuSh. Diagnosis. Large (body length 10–15 mm), weakly Sexually dimorphic. Eye Small, approximately one quarter head length. Antenna 2 aS long aS head and firSt 4–5 pereoniteS. Maxilliped outer plate not arcuate or diStally acute. Gnathopod 1 propoduS Subchelate in both SexeS; gnathopod 2 propoduS mitten-Shaped in both SexeS. Gill on pereopod 6 extending aS a long, broad proceSS poSteroventrally with diStinct Subapical lobe. PleopodS 1 and 2 well developed, biramouS; pleopod 3 veStigial, rami abSent, peduncle greatly reduced. Uropod 1 diStolateral robuSt Seta up to 0.5 timeS length of outer ramuS; outer ramuS with no dorSal robuSt Setae, inner ramuS with dorSal robuSt Setae. Uropod 2 rami with dorSal robuSt Setae. Uropod 3 peduncle with Single robuSt Seta; ramuS approximately 0.7 timeS length of peduncle with 3 robuSt Setae. TelSon marginS and apex with robuSt Setae. Description. AdultS (Fig. 15) 10–15 mm long. Sexual dimorphiSm diScernible at approximately 8 mm. Head longer than pereonite 1. Eye Small, approximately one quarter head length. Antenna 1 (Fig. 15) extending to at leaSt half way along peduncle article 5 of antenna 2; article 3 of ...