Bemlos clypeatus Krapp-Schickel &amp; Myers 2006
Creators: name: Myers, Alan A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Aoridae
Bemlos
Bemlos clypeatus

description: <i>Bemlos clypeatus</i> Krapp-Schickel &amp; Myers, 2006 (Figs 13, 14, Pl. 1H) <i>Bemlos clypeatus</i> Krapp-Schickel &amp; Myers, 2006: 1084, fig. 2. <i>Bemlos saloteae</i> — Myers, 1988b: 288, figs 15–16 (not <i>Lembos saloteae</i> Myers, 1985c: 373, figs 238–241). <b>Material Examined.</b> 1 male, AM P70556 (QLD 1618); 1 male, AM P70642 (QLD 1621); 1 male, 3 female, 3 juveniles, AM P70711 (QLD 1637); 3 males, 9 females, 4 juveniles, AM P71145 (QLD 1707); 1 male, 2 females, AM P71077 (QLD 1731); 1 male, 1 female, AM P71227 (QLD 1773); 1 male, 1 female, AM P71229 (QLD 1773). <b>Type locality.</b> Sanur, Bali, Indonesia (~ 8°40'30''S 115°15'40''E). <b>Description.</b> Based on male, AM P71145, 4.0 mm. <b>Head.</b> <i>Head</i> lateral cephalic lobes apically truncated. <i>Antenna 1</i> flagellum with 20 or less articles; accessory flagellum multiarticulate. <i>Antenna 2</i> with few long setae. <i>Lower lip</i> with fine setae and stout setae. <i>Maxilla 1</i> inner plate with 1 long pectinate apical seta. <i>Mandible</i>, palp article 3 posterior margin straight or weakly falcate, longer than 2, posterior margin with setae of two distinct lengths, long setae and an understory of much shorter regularly spaced setae. <b>Pereon.</b> <i>Pereonites 2–4</i>, with apically acute sternal spines. <i>Gnathopod 1</i> enlarged in males only; coxa anterodistally rounded; basis robust, half or more as broad as long, with few or no setae present along margin, with setae sparse or absent, anterodistal margin with flange weak or absent; ischium anterior margin without flange; merus not greatly elongated, fused along its entire length with carpus, posterior margin with setae sparse or absent, without posterodistal spine; carpus one third or less length of propodus, without spines and with setae sparse or absent; propodus anterior margin moderately clothed in short setae, palm delimited from posterior margin and forming a narrow sinus, defined by strong posterodistal spine; dactylus more than half length of propodus, significantly overlapping palm. <i>Gnathopod 2</i> basis anterior margin concave. anterodistal margin with strong spine, posterodistal margin without robust setae; basis anterior margin weakly setiferous, with few or no long setae; carpus subequal with or shorter than propodus, with short sparse setae; propodus with long sparse setae. <i>Pereopod 3</i> basis anterior margin strongly expanded, convex. <i>Pereopod 7</i> significantly greater than 125% length of pereopod 6. <b>Pleon.</b> <i>Epimeron 3</i> posterodistal margin with a small notch. <i>Uropod 1</i> distoventral spine shorter than peduncle. <i>Uropod 2</i> peduncle with distoventral spine. <i>Uropod 3</i> biramous, outer ramus more than half length of inner ramus, inner ramus at least twice length of peduncle. <b>Female</b> (sexually dimorphic characters). Based on female, 4.5 mm, AM P71145. <i>Gnathopod 1</i> carpus two thirds or less length of propodus; palm defined by rounded or oblique corner. <i>Gnathopod 2</i> basis anterior margin sub-straight, anterodistal margin without spine. <b>Habitat.</b> Among algae. <b>Remarks.</b> This species closely resemble <i>B. saloteae</i> (Myers, 1985c) from Tonga. It differs in the expanded basis of the male pereopod 3 in hyperadult males, in the less ovoid propodus of the male gnathopod 1, the less elongate gnathopod 2 and in the less curved sternal processes of the male, which are restricted to segments 2–4. The long finger-like rounded process on the anterodistal margin of the male gnathopod 2 basis, distinguishes this species from other Great Barrier Reef <i>Bemlos</i> species. <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Australia</i>. Queensland: Lizard Island (Myers 1988b, current study). <i>Indonesia</i>: Sanur, Bali (Krapp-Schickel &amp; Myers 2006).
description: Published as part of <i>Myers, Alan A., 2009, Aoridae *, pp. 220-278 in Zootaxa 2260 (1)</i> on page 237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/5321091
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