Waldeckia enoei Stephensen 1931
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
name: Kilgallen, N. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Lysianassidae
Waldeckia
Waldeckia enoei

description: Waldeckia enoei Stephensen, 1931
(Figs 11–14, 16 e)
Waldeckia enoei Stephensen, 1931: 3, figs 1–3. ― J.L. Barnard, 1958: 102. ― Lowry & Stoddart, 2009: 575, figs 9, 10. Waldeckia kroyeri enoei. Pirlot, 1936: 268, fig. 105B. ― Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 542.
Types. Holotype female (ovigerous), 15 mm, IRSNB.
Type locality. Palau Enu (as Poeloe Enoe), Aru Islands, Arafura Sea, Indonesia (~ 7°5.0’S 134°30.0’E).
Material examined. Queensland: 1 specimen, AM P.71054, Lizard Island, 500 m north-east of North Point (14°38.7’S 145°27.2’E), 27/02/2005, mixed algae (Halimeda macroloba, Halimeda cylindracea, Caulerpa taxifolia, Gracilaria sp., Lobophora sp.) and sediment, 22 m, coll. A. Hoggett & L.L. Vail; 2 specimens, AM P.77897, Lizard Island area, lee of Carter Reef (14°33.0’S 145°35.0’E), 07/03/1983, sand and scattered coral heads, 25–30 m, coll. J.M. Leis; 1 specimen, AM P.77898, Lizard Island area, off Osprey Island (14°40.0’S 145°26.0’E), 07/10/1979, 6– 13 m, coll. J.M. Leis; 4 specimens, AM P.77899, Lizard Island area, off Osprey Island (14°40.0’S 145°26.0’E), 07/10/1979, 3 m, coll. J.M. Leis; 1 specimen, AM P.77900, Lizard Island, off Mrs Watsons Beach (14°40.0’S 145°28.0’E), 24/11/1978, sponge on sand bottom, 18 m, coll. D. Hoese & H.K. Larson; 1 specimen, AM P.78704, Lizard Island area, off Osprey Island (14°40.0’S 145°26.0’E), 07/10/1979, 6– 13 m, coll. J.M. Leis.
Western Australia: 1 female, AM P.71786, North West Shelf (19°4.8’S 118°50.8’E), 15/02/1983, 82– 83 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela; 1 male, AM P.71787, North West Shelf (19°4.8’S 118°50.8’E), 15/02/1983, 82– 83 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela; 1 Male, AM P.71788, North West Shelf (19°4.8’S 118°50.8’E), 15/02/1983, 82– 83 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela; 1 specimen, AM P.71789, North West Shelf (19°4.8’S 118°50.8’E), 15/02/1983, 82– 83 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela; 1 specimen, AM P.71790, North West Shelf (20°0.2’S 117°0.5’E), 4/09/1983, 52 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela; 1 Female, AM P.71791, North West Shelf (20°0.2’S 117°0.5’E), 04/09/1983, 52 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela; 1 specimen, AM P.71792, North West Shelf (19°5.2’S 118°57.6’E), 14/02/1983, 82 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela; 53 specimens, AM P.71793, North West Shelf (19°5.2’S 118°57.6’E), 14/02/1983, 82 m, coll. CSIRO North West Shelf Project, FRV Soela.
Indonesia: 1 juvenile, ZMA. CRUS.P.9871–9872, anchorage off Pulu Jedan, east coast of Aru Island, Indonesia, [approx. 5°20.0’S 134°50.0’E], 13 m, shelly sand, dredge, 23–26 December 1899, Siboga stn 273 (identified by Pirlot (1936) as W. kroyeri kroyeri); 2 males, ZMA. CRUS.P.9853–9858 and ZMA. CRUS.P.9859–9860 [between Pulau Misool and Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Seram Sea], 1°42.5’S 130°47.5’E, 32 m, sand with stones and broken shell, dredge, 20 August 1899, Siboga stn 164; 4 specimens, ZMA. CRUS.P.9861–9862, ZMA. CRUS.P.9863–9864, ZMA. CRUS.P.9865–9866 and ZMA. CRUS.P.9867–9868, anchorage off Pulu Jedan, east coast of Aru Island, Indonesia, [approx. 5°20.0’S 134°50.0’E], 13 m, shelly sand, dredge, 23–26 December 1899, Siboga stn 273; 1 juvenile, ZMA. CRUS.P.9869–9870, [anchorage on north-east coast of Timor, Timor Sea], 8°39.1’S 127°4.4’E, 34 m, mud, coral debris and maerl, dredge, 18/01/1900, Siboga stn 285.
Diagnostic description. Head lateral cephalic lobe large, narrowly rounded in female, subacute in male. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without anterodistal projection. Labrum, epistome and upper lip fused. Mandible palp article 2 anterodistal margin setose; article 3 with marginal and apical setae. Labium without apical stylets on each lobe. Gnathopod 1 parachelate; basis anterior margin with "bottle” setae; propodus posterior margin smooth. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; carpus long; propodus palm transverse, concave; dactylus not fitting palm. Pereopod 6 basis posteroventral margin rounded. Pereopod 7 basis, posterior margin slightly rounded, minutely crenate, posteroventral margin oblique, sloping inward. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner narrowly rounded/ subquadrate. Urosomites 1–3 dorsally smooth. Uropod 1 rami subequal in length; uropod 2 rami subequal in length; uropod 3 inner ramus slightly shorter than outer ramus, reaching article 2 of outer ramus.
Depth range. 3– 83 m.
Remarks. Waldeckia enoei differs from all species in the genus in having distinctive ‘bottle’ setae on the anterior margin of the gnathopod 1 basis.
Distribution. Australia: North West Shelf, Western Australia; Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Indonesia: Aru Island. East Timor: East coast.
description: Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, A revision of the lysianassid genus Waldeckia with the description of four new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae, Waldeckiinae subfam. nov.), pp. 301-345 in Zootaxa 3784 (4) on pages 320-324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/227027