Bellorchestia richardsoni Serejo &amp; Lowry 2008
Creators: name: Lowry, J. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Talitridae
Bellorchestia
Bellorchestia richardsoni

description: <i>Bellorchestia richardsoni</i> Serejo &amp; Lowry, 2008 <i>Bellorchestia richardsoni</i> Serejo &amp; Lowry, 2008: 170, figs 5–8.&amp;horbar; Lowry &amp; Springthorpe, 2009: 899. <b>Material examined.</b> <i>New South Wales.</i> 10 specimens, AM, Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia (~ 35°21’S 150°28’E), under seaweed, K. Sheard, 6 November 1944; 10 specimens, AM P.85745–P.85747, South Moruya Head (35°54'52"S 150°09'25"E) on sand under weed on exposed beach, high tide mark, M. Miller, J. K. Lowry, J. H. Peart &amp; R. A. Peart, 22 September 2002 (NSW 1982); female, 13 mm, AM P.26538, Spencer Park, Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia (36°53’30”S 149°55’E), upper intertidal under pebbles and sand, J.H. Day <i>et al</i>., 15 March 1976 (MER 359); 1 specimen, AM P.26533, Spencer Park, Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia (36°53’30”S 149°55’E) under <i>Zostera</i>, J.H. Day <i>et al</i>. 2 December 1975 (MER 316); male, 15 mm, AM P26518, north bank, Lake Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia (36°53’42”S 149°54’30”E), intertidal under drift weed, J.H. Day <i>et al</i>., 3 December 1975 (MER 308); 12 males and females, AM P.85743, Aslings Beach, north side of Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Australia (37°02.98’S 149°55.09’E), under weed, high tide mark, M. Miller, J. K. Lowry, J. H. Peart &amp; R. A. Peart, 21 September 2002 (NSW 1977); many specimens, AM P.85743, Aslings Beach, north side of Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Australia (37°02.98’S 149°55.09’E), under weed on sand, high tide mark, M. Miller, J. K. Lowry, J. H. Peart &amp; R. A. Peart, 21 September 2002 (NSW 1978); 14 specimens, AM P.85876, Cocora Beach, Eden, New South Wales (37°04’24.6”S 149°53’45.4”E), 1430, under <i>Cystophora</i> in supralittoral zone, 29 April 2011, J.K. Lowry &amp; A. Lodge, preserved in 95% ETOH (MI NSW 3686); 2 specimens, AM P.85748, P85749, Nullica Beach, Twofold Bay (37°06' S 149°52'30" E) under beach wrack, 26 November 1988 (NSW 1623). <i>Victoria.</i> Male, 16 mm, AM P.85974, near boat ramp, Betka Beach, Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia (37°34.36’S 149°45.73’E), under seaweed on sand, 21 September 2002, J.K. Lowry, R. Peart, M. Millar &amp; J. Peart (Vic-119); 12 specimens, AM P.85874, AM P.85882–P.85886, Betka Beach, Mallacoota, Victoria (37°35’10.6”S 149°44’13.1”E), 0815, under <i>Cystophora</i> and <i>Ecklonia</i> in supralittoral zone, 29 April 2011, J.K. Lowry &amp; A. Lodge, preserved in 95% ETOH (MI VIC 138 (stn 1); 10 specimens, AM P.85875, AM P.85887–P.85891, Point Ricardo, Victoria (37°48’27.2”S 148°37’59.9”E), 1130, under <i>Cystophora</i> in supralittoral zone, 29 April 2011, J.K. Lowry &amp; A. Lodge, preserved in 95% ETOH (MI VIC 139 (stn 2); 4 specimens, AM P.69242, Woodside Beach (between Sale and Yarram), Victoria (38°33’17”S 146°58’28”E), under <i>Sargassum</i> in supralittoral zone, 9 October 2003, C.S. Serejo &amp; J.K. Lowry (Vic 123). <b>Remarks.</b> In Serejo &amp; Lowry (2008) only the type locality (Point Ricardo, Victoria) was reported. Here the distribution is extended northwards from Point Ricardo on the south-eastern Victorian coast northwards to Ulladulla on the New South Wales coast. North of Ulladulla <i>B. richardsoni</i> is replaced by <i>B. mariae</i>. <b>Distribution</b>. <i>New South Wales</i>: Aslings Beach, Nullica Bay Beach, Twofold Bay; South Moruya Head; Ulladulla; Spenser Park, Merimbula (all current study). <i>Victoria</i>: Betka Beach, Mallacoota; Point Ricardo (Serejo &amp; Lowry 2008).
description: Published as part of <i>Lowry, J. K., 2012, Talitrid amphipods from ocean beaches along the New South Wales coast of Australia (Amphipoda, Talitridae), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 3575</i> on page 7
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