Elasmopus temori Barnard 1979

• Main Author: García-Madrigal, María Del Socorro
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Melitidae; Elasmopus; Elasmopus temori; Galapagos; Juv; Tower Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6211665; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6211665

Elasmopus temori Barnard, 1979 (Figs 1, 2) Elasmopus temori Barnard, 1979: 75, fig. 40 (part). Type locality: Tower Island, Galapagos Islands. Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Tower Island). Habitat: depth 0–4; rock wash, sediments of coral rock, coral rock. Material examined: 61 specimens: UMAR-PERA- 223, 1 male, 3 females (one specimen mounted), 25 juv (Panteon beach, March 23, 2007, coral rock 3 m, coll. V. Mata); UMAR-PERA- 224, 3 males (one male on slide), 9 females, 1 juv (Estacahuite beach, April 18, 2005, sediments of coral rock 1 –1.5 m, coll. R. Bastida et al.); UMAR-PERA- 225, 1 juv (Estacahuite beach, December 1, 2006, sediments of coral rock 4 m, coll. R. Bastida et al.); UMAR-PERA- 226, 6 males, 11 females, 1 juv (La Tijera beach, April 30, 2005, sediments from coral rock 4 m, coll. R. Bastida et al.). Description: based on male, 4.8 mm, UMAR-PERA- 224. Head: the length is equal in size to the first two segments of pereon; anterior head lobe subtruncate corners round, inferior antennal sinus short and margin straight. Eyes long, anterior margin round and posterior margin nearly straight, pigment dark brown; width represents more 1 / 3 the length of head. Antenna 1 elongated, 3 / 5 the length of the body, first article of peduncle the same size as the second article, and the length of third article 2 / 3 the length of second article. Accessory flagellum with two articles, first article 2 / 3 longer than the second article. Antenna 2 setose, approximately 1 / 2 the length of the antenna 1, length of fourth article 1 / 5 longer than of article 5; first article flagellar 1 / 5 the length of fifth article. Pereon: medium body, length 2 / 5 longer than length of the antenna 1; dorsally smooth; color off-white in alcohol. Coxae 1–4 wide, coxae 1 and 4 with slightly emarginated on anterior and posterior margin respectively, coxae 2 and 3 with straight and parallel margins, coxa 2 narrower, coxae 1–4 with elongated setae, formula for coxae 1–4: 5 – 2 – 2 – 1; coxae 5–6 with some short setae and robust ...