Ampithoidae and Maeridae Amphipods from Timor-Leste (Crustacea: Peracarida)
Creators: name: Hughes, L. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Elasmopus hooheno Barnard, 1970    
Figs 8–9  
 Elasmopus hooheno J. L. Barnard, 1970: 120, fig. 70. —J. L. Barnard, 1971: 71, figs 33–35. —Ledoyer, 1972: 217, pls 35, 36. —Ledoyer, 1978: 269. —Ledoyer, 1979: 69, fig. 40. —Ledoyer, 1983: 470, fig. 174b, 177. —Barnard & Barnard, 1983: 628. —Berents, 1983: 116, fig. 13. — Lyons & Myers, 1993: 587, fig. 10. —Myers, 1995: 38. —Myers, 1997: 109. —Ren, 1998: 197, fig. 3. —Ortiz & Lalana, 1999: 195 (list). —Lowry & Hughes, 2009: 652–656, figs 5, 6.—Krapp-Schickel & Muller, 2011: 3, 4, figs. 10–14. —Vader & Krapp-Schickel, 2012: 1198, 1199 (key). —Hughes & Lowry, 2011: 593,594. —Ren, 2012: 200–202, fig. 86.   
 Elasmopus rapax. —Sivaprakasm, 1969:45, fig. 6A.   
 not Elasmopus hooheno. —Appadoo & Steele, 1998:639. (= E. pseudinteger Appadoo & Myers, 2003).   
 Type locality. Kawela Bay, Oahu, Hawaii.   
 Material examined. 1 A male, 5.0 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P. 90514, 300 m off Jesus Backside Beach, east of Cape Fatucama (8°31'16" S 125°36'46" E), 12–15 m, dead coral rubble with epiphytic growth, coll. A. Murray, P.A. Hutchings, L.E. Hughes & A. Reid, 19 September 2012 (TM 2012-014); 12 specimens,AM P. 90513, 150 m off shore, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, east of Dili (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, silty dead coral substrate, coll.L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 (TM 2012-082); 1 A male, 4.0 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.90558, east of Cape Fatucama, 300 m off Jesus Backside Beach (8°31'16" S 125°36'46" E), 11.9 m, dead coral head, coll. L.E. Hughes & A. Reid, 19 September 2012 (TM 2012-020); 1 B female, 4.0 mm, dissected, 1 slide,AM P.90559, east of Cape Fatucama, 300 m off Jesus Backside Beach (8°31'16" S 125°36'46" E), 11.9 m, dead coral head, coll. L.E. Hughes & A. Reid, 19 September 2012 (TM 2012-020); 1 specimen,AM P.90557, east of Cape Fatucama, 300 m off Jesus Backside Beach (8°31'16" S 125°36'46" E),   
11.9 m, dead coral head, coll. L.E. Hughes & A. Reid, 19 September 2012 (TM 2012-020); 1 A male, 5.0 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P. 90517, 150 m off shore, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, east of Dili (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, silty dead coral substrate, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 (TM 2012-082); 1 specimen, AM P. 90516, 300 m off Jesus Backside Beach, east of Cape Fatucama (8°31'16" S 125°36'46" E), 12–15 m, dead coral rubble with epiphytic growth, coll.A. Murray, P.A. Hutchings, L.E. Hughes &A. Reid, 19 September 2012 (TM 2012-014); 1 B male, 4.5 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P. 90518, 150 m off shore, halfway between Hera and Metinaro, east of Dili (8°31'01" S 125°42'05" E), 12–13 m, coral rubble bank, silty dead coral substrate, coll. L.E. Hughes & P.A. Hutchings, 23 September 2012 (TM 2012-082); 8 specimens,AM P.90515, east of Atauro Island (8°13'48" S  
 125°36'57" E), 17 m, outer reef, dense coral reef slope, green alga Halimeda sp., coll. L.E. Hughes, 20 September 2012 (TM 2012-087).   
 Distribution. Timor-Leste (current study). Indonesia: Marsegu Island, Moluccas (Ledoyer, 1979). South China Sea: Nansha Islands (Ren, 1998). Australia: Queensland; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Christmas Island (Berents, 1983; Lowry & Hughes, 2009; Hughes & Lowry, 2011). India: Kilkkarai, Gulf of Mannar (Sivaprakasam, 1969). Society Islands: Moorea (Krapp-Schickel & Muller, 2011). Hawaii (Barnard, 1970).
description: Published as part of Hughes, L. E., 2015, Ampithoidae and Maeridae Amphipods from Timor-Leste (Crustacea: Peracarida), pp. 83-108 in Records of the Australian Museum 67 (3) on pages 90-91, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1644, http://zenodo.org/record/4684960