Scolopostoma darwinensis Lowry &amp; Stoddart 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
name: Stoddart, H. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Conicostomatidae
Scolopostoma
Scolopostoma darwinensis

description: <i>Scolopostoma darwinensis</i> sp. nov. (Figs 8–10) <i>Scolopostoma prionoplax.</i> — Lowry &amp; Stoddart, 1983: 285 (in part, material cited from Port Darwin). —Lowry &amp; Stoddart, 1986: 744. — Lowry &amp; Stoddart, 2003: 170 (Australian record). <b>Type material.</b> Holotype, female, 4.5 mm, ovigerous (14 eggs), AM P.33816, East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, approx. 12°27'S 130°50'E, intertidal, on encrusting ascidian <i>Didemnum psammatodes</i>, J.R. Hanley, 31 August 1981, stn NT-106. PARATYPES: 2 females, AM P.69098, same data as Holotype; 27 specimens, AM P.69099, west of East Point, Fannie Bay, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 11°24.5’S 130°48.5’E, 8–10 m, didenopsid tunicate, 26 October 1982, J.K. Lowry, stn NT-97; 13 specimens, AM P.69100, Goat Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, approx. 12°28'S 130°49'E, 6–7 m, from ascidian <i>Didemnum psammatodes</i>, on rock, J. Hooper, 22 December 1982, stn GP 12 [AM stn NT-107]; 1 male, 3.0 mm, AM P.69101, East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, approx. 12°27'S 130°50'E, stn EP/9(6) [AM stn NT-108]; 1 male, AM P.69102, Shell Island, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, 12°29.7'S 139°52.7'E, 7 m, encrusting ascidian, <i>Didemnum psammatodes</i>, P. Horner, 3 August 1983, stn SI 1 [AM stn NT-110]; 8 specimens, AM P.69103, Old Man Rock, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia, approx. 12º29'S 130º54'E, 2 m, dead sponge, 9 July 1993, G. Edgar. <b>Type locality.</b> East Point, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, approx. 12°27'S 130°50'E. <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named for its type locality. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Gnathopod 1 carpus subtriangular. Uropod 3 without rami. Telson entire. <b>Description</b>. <i>Head</i> exposed. <i>Body</i> with many scattered setae; pereon and pleon without dorsal projections. <i>Antenna 1</i> peduncular article 1 without distal projection; accessory flagellum 2-articulate. <i>Mandible</i> accessory setal row with 3 robust setae; molar absent. <i>Maxilla 1</i> palp short, 1-articulate. <i>Maxilliped</i> inner plate subrectangular; outer plate subovate, distomedial margin serrate, without distolateral sculpturing; palp 4-articulate. <i>Coxa 1</i> subquadrate ventrally. <i>Gnathopod 1</i> carpus shorter than propodus, subtriangular, anterior margin produced anterodistally; dactylus regular simple. <i>Gnathopod 2</i> dactylus inserted near anterodistal corner of propodus. <i>Pereopod 7</i> basis, posteroventral corner rounded. <i>Urosomite 1</i> with irregular subquadrate boss. <i>Uropod 1</i> biramous; rami subequal in length. <i>Uropod 2</i> biramous; rami subequal in length. <i>Uropod 3</i> without rami. <i>Telson</i> hemiacetabulate, entire. <b>Remarks.</b> Ovigerous females have no oostegites. <b>Distribution.</b> Darwin Harbour, northern Australia; intertidal to 10 m depth.
description: Published as part of <i>Lowry, J. K. &amp; Stoddart, H. E., 2012, Australian and South African conicostomatine amphipods (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Lysianassidae: Conicostomatinae subfam. nov.), pp. 43-65 in Zootaxa 3248 (1)</i> on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3248.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5249133
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