Sheardella kapala Lowry 1984
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
name: Stoddart, H. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Pakynidae
Sheardella
Sheardella kapala

description: <i>Sheardella kapala</i> Lowry, 1984 (Fig. 40) <i>Sheardella kapala</i> Lowry, 1984: 54, figs 1–3. &amp;horbar; Barnard &amp; Karaman, 1991: 530. &amp;horbar; Springthorpe &amp; Lowry, 1994: 21. &amp;horbar; Lowry &amp; Stoddart, 2003: 170. <b>Material examined.</b> 1 specimen, AM P.46623, off Cape Banks, New South Wales, Australia, 34°00'N 151°16'E, 65-70 m, sand, November 1990, The Ecology Lab, stn CB T3 S3. – 2 specimens, AM P.46624, south-east of Bate Bay, NSW, Australia, 34°05.9'S 151°12'E, 70 m, sand, July 1990, The Ecology Lab, stn Cobblers S 2 T2. – 1 specimen, AM P.52939, east of Providential Head, Wattamolla, New South Wales, Australia, 34°8' S 151°8.5' E, 50 m, sand, June 1990, The Ecology Lab, stn S2P3. – 10 specimens in 6 lots, AM P.46428, P46619 to P46622, P52938, off Bass Point, NSW, Australia, 34°36'S 150°54'E, 45–70 m, sand, February 1990 to January 1991, The Ecology Lab. – 4 specimens, AM P.39240, south-east of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 33°36'S 151°30'E to 33°37'S 151°29'E, 71–75 m, 10 February 1986, R. T. Springthorpe &amp; P.D. Filmer-Sankey, FRV <i>Kapala</i>, stn K86- 01-02. – 2 specimens, MV J22347, 3.2 km south of Cape Conran, eastern Bass Strait, Australia, 37°50.63"S 148°43.47'E, 49 m, sand and shell, Smith-McIntyre grab, 28 September 1990, Marine Science Laboratories, stn MSL-EG 55. – 1 female, MV J22348, 8.6 km west south-west of Cape Conran, eastern Bass Strait, Australia, 37°51.19"S 148°38.53'E, 51 m, mud and shell, Smith-McIntyre grab, 28 September 1990, Marine Science laboratories, stn MSL-EG 56. – 5 specimens, MV J13722, 60 km east of North Point, Flinders Island, eastern Bass Strait, Australia, 39°41.7'S 148°39.5'E, 115 m, muddy sand, dredged, 27 March 1979, G.C.B. Poore, HMAS <i>Kimbla</i>, stn BSS 32. – 1 male, MV J11269, 63 km east of North Point, Flinders Island, eastern Bass Strait, Australia, 39°44.8'S 148°40.6'E, 124 m, muddy sand, epibenthic sled, 14 November 1981, R. Wilson, RV <i>Tangaroa</i>, stn BSS 167. – 1 specimen, MV J62413, 5 km north of North Point, Tasmania, central Bass Strait, Australia, 40°40.3'S 145°15'E, 33 m, medium shell, Smith-McIntyre grab, 4 November 1980, M. Gomon &amp; G.C.B. Poore, FRV <i>Sarda</i>, stn BSS 115G. – 2 specimens, MV J62414, 2 km east of Cape Boullanger, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia, 42°34'S 148°06'E, 50 m, fine bryozoan and shell, epibenthic sled, 23 April 1985, R. S. Wilson, RV <i>Challenger</i>, MV stn TAS 29. <b>Diagnostic description.</b> <i>Head</i> lateral cephalic lobe large, broadly rounded; ventral margin curved. <i>Antenna 1</i> peduncular article 1 without posterodistal spine; accessory flagellum 2-articulate, article 1 short; flagellum without callynophore in female, with strong 2-field callynophore in male. <i>Mandible</i> lacinia mobilis a simple robust seta; lamina dentata absent; accessory setal row present, on raised setose ridge (weak); molar absent; palp attached midway; palp article 2 broad, longer than article 3; article 3 with anterior margin convex, not tapered distally. <i>Maxilla 1</i> outer plate with 11 setal-teeth in 7/4 arrangement, outer row setal-teeth with lateral and medial cusps; <b>palp well developed, 2-articulate</b>, with apical slender setae. <i>Maxilliped</i> inner plate small; outer plate large; palp 4-articulate, article 4 large. <i>Gnathopod 1</i> weakly chelate; ischium smaller than propodus, not swollen posteroproximally; carpus extremely compressed; propodus length about 2.5 × breadth, posterior margin well developed, palm with produced corner, corner of palm with complex robust seta; dactylus reaching to corner of palm. <b> <i>Gnathopod 2</i> palm</b> large, <b>transverse</b>. <i>Pereonite 4</i> without dorsal spines. <i>Pereonite 5</i> without dorsal spines. <i>Pereopod 5</i> merus without posteroproximal shoulder. <i>Pereopod 6</i> basis with posteroventral lobe weakly produced; <b>merus</b> longer than broad, <b>without posteroproximal shoulder</b>. <i>Pereopod 7</i> basis subquadrate with posterior margin weakly dentate. <i>Oostegites</i> from gnathopod 2 to pereopod 5. <i>Epimeron 3</i> posterior margin without projections, posteroventral corner broadly rounded. <i>Uropod 3</i> uniramous. <i>Telson</i> shorter than broad, entire. <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Sheardella kapala</i> was incorrectly reported by Lowry (1984) as lacking a lacinia mobilis. A welldeveloped lacinia mobilis is present on the left mandible. <b>Distribution.</b> South-eastern Australia, western South Pacific Ocean; 33–124 m depth.
description: Published as part of <i>Lowry, J. K. &amp; Stoddart, H. E., 2012, The Pachynidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) 3246, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3246 (1)</i> on pages 57-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3246.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5249007
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