Australian Amphipoda: Eusiridae

J.K. Lowry, P.B Berents & R.T. Springthorpe

Sancho kuiteri Lowry & Barnard

Sancho kuiteri Lowry & Barnard, 2001: 232, figs 1-5.

Type material. HOLOTYPE, male "A", 4.1 mm, AM P40664; PARATYPES: female "B", 3.6 mm, P40665, male "C" 3.9 mm, P40666, female "D", 4.1 mm, P40667, juvenile "E", P40668, male "F", P40670, 133 specimens, P40669, living on the sponge Holopsamma laminaefavosa (AM Z5090).

Type locality. Off Green Point, Watsons Bay, Port Jackson, New South Wales (33° 50.6'S 151° 16.55'E), living on the sponge Holopsamma laminaefavosa.

Description. Based on Lowry & Barnard, 2001: 232, figs 1-5. Head rostrum present, moderate length; eyes present, eyes oval. Body dorsally smooth. Antenna 1 longer than antenna 2; accessory flagellum present, accessory flagellum longer than broad (1-articulate). Mandible molar columnar, triturative. Lower lip inner lobes absent; outer lobes contiguous. Maxilla 1 inner plate apically setose. Maxilla 2 inner plate subequal or slightly broader than outer; inner plate with slender medial setae, without oblique row of slender setae.

Peraeon. Gnathopod 1 chelate; smaller than gnathopod 2; coxa strongly produced anteroventrally; carpus not cantilevered, longer than propodus, without a lobe; propodus without robust setae along posterior margin (adults); dactylus narrowing distally, apically acute or subacute. Gnathopod 2 sexually dimorphic. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; carpus not cantilevered, weakly lobed, shorter than propodus; propodus without robust setae along posterior margin (adults); dactylus narrowing distally, apically acute or subacute. Peraeopods 3-4 propodus simple, with distal slender setae. Peraeopods 5-7 dactyli inner margins smooth or minutely castellate.

Pleon. Pleonites neither tricarinate. Epimeron 3 posteroventral margin smooth, corner acutely produced. Uropod 1 outer ramus shorter than inner. Uropod 3 peduncle without dorsal robust setae; outer ramus shorter than inner. Telson notched or entire, without large apical robust setae.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Peraeon. Gnathopod 1 subequal to gnathopod 2. Gnathopod 2 chelate; without a lobe, longer than propodus.

Habitat. Marine; living in assoication with the sponge Holopsamma laminaefavosa.

Depth zones. Littoral.

Distribution. New South Wales: Port Jackson and Botany Bay (Lowry & Barnard, 2001).

Geographic areas. South-eastern Australia.

Cite this publication as: 'J.K. Lowry, P.B Berents & R.T. Springthorpe (2000 onwards). Australian Amphipoda: Eusiridae. Version: 2 October 2000. https://crustacea.net'.

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