Nagada uwedoae Lowry & Stoddart 1995
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
name: Kilgallen, N. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Uristidae
Nagada
Nagada uwedoae

description: Nagada uwedoae Lowry & Stoddart, 1995
Nagada uwedoae Lowry & Stoddart, 1995: 154, figs 34–36. –– Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 283 (catalogue).— Lowry & Stoddart, 2009: 914, figs 5, 6.
Types. Holotype, female, 3.6 mm, AM P.41605. Paratypes: 108 specimens, AM P.41606; 79 specimens, AM P.41609; 60 specimens, USNM 274112; 33 specimens, BMNH 1995.592.624; 1 make, AM P.41607; 288 specimens, AM P.41608.
Type locality. Face of outer barrier between Dam Awan (Rasch Passage) and Wongad, Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea (5°08.59’S 145°49.65’E), 290 m depth.
Additional material examined. New South Wales. 4 specimens, AM P.50752, north-east of Coffs Harbour (30°15.93’S 153°21.9’E), 100 m, baited trap, 8–9 September 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Carrie Ann [NSW-985]; 3 specimens, AM P.50750, north-east of Coffs Harbour (30°15.93’S 153°21.9’E), 100 m, Globigerina ooze, baited trap, 8–9 September 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Carrie Ann [NSW-984]; 2 specimens, AM P.51132, north-east of Coffs Harbour (30°14.63'S 153°27.68'E), 199 m, baited trap, 12–13 August 1993, P.B. Berents, R. T. Springthorpe & W. Vader, MV Cheryl Lee [NSW-882]; 1 female, AM P.69473, Wattamolla, off Providential Head (34°08'S 151°08.5'E), 59 m, baited trap, 14–15 January 1991, S.J. Keable, A. R. Parker & J.K. Lowry, MV Krista [PIO-110].
Tasmania. 10 specimens, AM P.58313; 6 specimens, AM P.51099, east of Fortescue Bay (43°06.7’S 148°13.6’E), 200 m, baited trap, 16–17 April 1993, J.K. Lowry & P. Freewater, MV Tasmanian Enterprise [TAS-357]; 19 specimens, AM P.51104; 16 specimens, AM P.58317, east of Fortescue Bay (43°06.7’S 148°13.6’E), 200 m, baited trap, 17–18 April 1993, J.K. Lowry & P. Freewater, MV Tasmanian Enterprise [TAS-376 & TAS-374]; 1 specimen, AM P.51100; 10 specimens, AM P.51101, east of Fortescue Bay (43°09.37’S 148°13.6’E), 300 m, baited trap, 16–17 April 1993, J.K. Lowry & P. Freewater, MV Tasmanian Enterprise [TAS-359 & TAS-361]; 7 specimens, AM P.51092, east of Fortescue Bay (43°09.37’S 148°13.6’E), 300 m, baited trap, 8–9 April 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Martrudan [TAS-395]; 2 specimens, AM P.51105, east of Fortescue Bay (43°07.37’S 148°13.75’E), 400 m, baited trap, 17–18 April 1993, J.K. Lowry & P. Freewater, MV Tasmanian Enterprise [TAS-380]; 1 specimen, AM P.57716, east of Fortescue Bay (43°08.97'S 148°15.37'E), 1000 m, baited trap, 9–10 April 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Martrudan [TAS-421]; 3 specimens, AM P.51103; 13 specimens, AM P.51102, east of Fortescue Bay, north of Hippolyte Rocks (43°06.7'S 148°03.45'E), 100 m, baited trap, 17–18 April 1993, J.K. Lowry & P. Freewater, MV Tasmanian Enterprise [TAS-372 & TAS-371].
Habitat. Marine soft bottoms.
Depth range. 59–1000 m (this study).
Feeding strategies. Ascavenger taken in baited traps.
Distribution. Papua New Guinea. Madang Lagoon and Astrolabe Bay (Lowry & Stoddart 1995). Australia. East coast from Queensland to Tasmania (Lowry & Stoddart 2009, this study).
description: Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 3867 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5585734