Glandulotiron hexamatius Just 2022, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Just, Jean
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Synopiidae; Glandulotiron; Glandulotiron hexamatius; Southern Ocean; Mati; McIntyre; Flinders; Kung; North Point; Eddystone; Bass Point
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6827539; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6827539

Glandulotiron hexamatius sp. nov. (Figs 19–20) Type fixation. Holotype, ♀.—Here designated. Etymology. Named in Greek hexa (for six) mati (eyes, ‘accessory’). Material examined. Holotype, ♀, 8.0 mm. Australia, Eastern Bass Strait, Tasmania, 24 km NNE of Eddystone Point, 40˚43.54’S, 148˚32.30’E, 56 m, medium sand, R. Wilson, S-M grab, muddy fine sand, little shell, 14 November 1981, RV Tangaroa, stn BSS163, NMV J73774. Paratypes. Same data as holotype, NMV J73773 (7 specimens). Same data as holotype, NMV J73776 (1 ♂, illustrated). Australia, Tasmania, Southern Ocean, 15 km E of Cape Connella, 43˚24.36’S, 147˚32.30’E, 82 m, epibenthic sled, R. Wilson, 22 October 1984, FRV Soela, stn S05/84/64 (BSS232), NMV J73732 (4 specimens). Australia, Tasmania, Eastern Bass Strait, Flinders Island, 94 km NE of North Point, 38˚53.42’S, 147˚55.06’E, 71 m, medium sand, R. Wilson, 17 November 1981, RV Tangaroa, stn BSS171, NMV J73752 (2 ♂, 7 ♀). Australia, Central Bass Strait, 35 km WNW of West Point, Tasmania, 40˚47.4’S, 144˚17.7’E, 99 m, coarse sand, M. Gomon et al., 2 February 1981, FRV Hai Kung, stn BSS125, NMV J73754 (1 ♂). Australia, Victoria, Western Bass Strait, 44 km SW of Cape Otway, 39˚06’8’’S, 143˚07’24’’E, 81 m, medium sand, R. Wilson, 21 November 1981, stn BSS 192, NMV J73759 (1 small ♀). Australia, Tasmania, Eastern Bass Strait, Flinders Island, 94 km NE of North Point, 38˚53.42’S, 147˚55.06’E, 71 m, medium sand, R. Wilson, 17 November 1981, RV Tangaroa, stn BSS171 NMV J73760 (1 ♂). Australia, New South Wales, Wattamolla, Bass Point, 34°08’S, 151°08’30”E, 45–50 m, Smith-McIntyre Grab, The Ecology Lab for RMI / Pioneer, Project, January 1990, AM P46799 (1 specimen). Australia, New South Wales, east of Malabar, 33°58’S, 151°16’E, 32 m, Australian Museum Shelf Benthic Survey, 1973, AM P23997 (5 specimens). Australia, Central Bass Strait, 94 km NE of North Point, Flinders Island, 38˚53.42’S, 147˚55.06’E, 71 m, medium sand, R. Wilson, 15 November 1981, RV Tangaroa, stn BSS171, NHMD 916111 (3 ♀). Description (female). ...