Memana sarda Stoddart &amp; Lowry 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Stoddart, H. E.
name: Lowry, J. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Aristiidae
Memana
Memana sarda

description: <i>Memana sarda</i> sp. nov. (Figs 16–18) <b>Type material</b>. HOLOTYPE, female with nonsetose oostegites, 5.0 mm, MV J59381, 47 km east of Cape Rochon, Three Hummock Island, Tasmania, Central Bass Strait, Australia, 40°23.8’S 145°32’E, 65 m, muddy sand, epibenthic sled, 3 November 1980, M.F. Gomon &amp; G.C.B. Poore, FRV <i>Sarda</i>, stn BSS-113S. PARATYPES, 1 male, 3.5 mm, MV J59382 and 3 specimens, MV J59383 and 1 female, 3.5 mm, AM P.81147 and 2 specimens, AM P.81148, 32 km north-west of Devonport, Tasmania, Central Bass Strait, Australia, 40°56.0’S 146°5.4’E to 40°46.0’S 146°8.1’E, 64–68 m, mud, otter trawl, 4 February 1981, M.F. Gomon &amp; G.C.B. Poore, FRV <i>Hai Kung</i>, stn BSS-134; 1 specimen, MV J59384, 39 km north-north-east of Devonport, Tasmania, Central Bass Strait, Australia, 40°49.8’S 146°31.3’E to 40°48.2’S 146°33.7’E, 68–70 m, mud with bryozoans and sponges, otter trawl, 4 February 1981, M.F. Gomon, G.C.B. Poore &amp; C.C. Lu, FRV <i>Hai Kung</i>, stn BSS-135; 1 specimen, MV J59385, 5 km north-east of Mistaken Cape, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia, 42°37’S 148°12.5’E, 100 m, fine muddy bryozoan, epibenthic sled, 23 April 1985, RV <i>Challenger</i>, stn MV TAS-31. <b>Type locality</b>. 47 km east of Cape Rochon, Three Hummock Island, Tasmania, Central Bass Strait, Australia, 40°23.8’S 145°32’E, 65 m depth. <b>Etymology</b>. The species is named for the Fisheries Research Vessel <i>Sarda</i> from which the type material was collected. <b>Description</b>. <i>Head</i> lateral cephalic lobe broadly triangular, apically rounded; eyes well developed, oval. <i>Antenna 1</i> accessory flagellum 2–3-articulate. <i>Antenna 2</i> calceoli not present in male. <i>Epistome and upper lip</i> with weak central slit. <i>Mandible</i> lacinia mobilis absent; molar absent. <i>Maxilla 1</i> inner plate with 3 apical pappose setae; outer plate with 9 setal-teeth in a 5/4 arrangement, with few or no cusps. <i>Maxilliped</i> palp 1- articulate. <i>Gnathopod 1</i> subchelate; carpus shorter than propodus, without posterodistal lobe; propodus posterior margin dentate, with 2 robust setae along posterior margin. <i>Gnathopod 2</i> carpus longer than propodus. <i>Pereopods 5–7</i> propodus with anterodistal spur. <i>Pereopod 5</i> coxa posterior lobe deeper than anterior lobe, long, triangular; basis greatly expanded posteriorly, with posteroventral lobe. <i>Pereopod 6</i> coxa posterior lobe subequal in length to anterior lobe, short, distally rounded; basis greatly expanded posteriorly, with posteroventral lobe. <i>Pereopod 7</i> basis greatly expanded posteriorly, posterior margin evenly curved, with posteroventral lobe, posteroventral corner rounded. <i>Epimeron 3</i> posterior margin finely serrate, posteroventral corner subquadrate. <i>Urosomite 1</i> with an anterodorsal depression and a rounded dorsodistal boss. <i>Urosomite 3</i> without dorsolateral flanges. <i>Uropod 3</i> rami without robust setae; inner ramus longer than article 1 of outer ramus. <i>Telson</i> longer than broad, entire, emarginate, without mid-dorsal robust setae, lateral margins curved, uniformly tapering distally, without robust setae on lateral margins, without apical robust setae. <b>Distribution</b>. South-eastern Australia in 64–100 m depth.
description: Published as part of <i>Stoddart, H. E. &amp; Lowry, J. K., 2010, The family Aristiidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters, pp. 31-53 in Zootaxa 2549 (1)</i> on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2634.1.5