Parelasmopus dancaui Ortiz &amp; Lalana 1997
Creators: name: HUGHES, L. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maeridae
Parelasmopus
Parelasmopus dancaui

description: <i>Parelasmopus dancaui</i> Ortiz &amp; Lalana, 1997 (Figs 46–48) <i>Parelasmopus dancaui</i> Ortiz &amp; Lalana, 1997: 72–79, Figs 33 –38. <b>Type locality.</b> Bunaken, 12–14 km west of Manado, northern Palau Sulawesi (formerly Celebes Island), Indonesia. <b>Material examined.</b> <i>Cocos (Keeling) Islands.</i> 1 male, 7.7 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.85235; 1 female, 7.0 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.85236; 1 male, 5.6 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.85237; 1 male, 9.0 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.85238; off West Island Jetty (12°05'15"S 96°50'14"E), 1.5 m, rubble, 14 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 843); 10+ specimens, AM P.81818, off West Island Jetty (12°05'15"S 96°50'14"E), 1.5 m, rubble, 14 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 843); 1 juvenile male, 1 indet. juvenile, AM P.81819, “Rose Wall” dive site, near Horsburgh Island (12°05'45"S 96°50'32"E), 13.8 m, green calcareous algae <i>Halimeda</i> sp., 12 October 2008, coll. K.B. Attwood (MI WA 827); 1 male, 1 juvenile male, 10 females, AM P.81820, “Rose Wall” dive site, near Horsburgh Island (12°05'45"S 96°50'32"E), 11 m, rubble some green calcareous algae <i>Halimeda</i> sp., 12 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 830); 1 juvenile male, AM P.81821, "Two Trees" dive site, western side of West Island (12°09'35"S 96°48'59"E), 10.8 m, <i>Acropora</i> sp. plate rubble, 15 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes and K.B. Attwood (MI WA 854); 1 male, 4 female, AM P.81817, off West Island Jetty (12°05'15"S 96°50'14"E), 1.5 m, turfing mat of red and green algae, 14 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry (MI WA 842); 2 females, 1 juvenile, AM P.81823, off West Island Jetty (12°05'15"S 96°50'14"E), 1.5 m, turfing mat of red and green algae, 14 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes and J.K. Lowry (MI WA 842); 1 juvenile male, AM P.81822, Turks Reef (12°06'44"S 96°49'43"E), 3.8 m, sticks of rubble and algae, 10 October 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI WA 818); 3 males, AM P.82179, between Direction Island and Prison Island (12°06'S 96°53'E), 4 m, coral head with encrusted algae in channel in rubble, 8 October 1979, coll. F.H. Talbot. <b>Remarks.</b> The male gnathopod 2 shows a range of development with growth stage figs 46–48 in material between 5.6 mm and 7.7 mm. <i>Parelasmopus dancaui</i> was a commonly sampled species at Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Individuals of this species were collected from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1979 and again in 2008. <b>Distribution.</b> Indian Ocean. Indonesia, Suluwesi (Ortiz &amp; Lalana 1997); Cocos (Keeling) Islands (current study).
description: Published as part of <i>HUGHES, L. E., 2011, New species of Hoho, Mallacoota and Parelasmopus (Maeridae: Amphipoda) from Australian waters, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 2955 (1)</i> on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2955.1.1
description: {"references": ["Ortiz, M. &amp; Lalana, R. (1997) Amphipoda. In: Gutu M, ed. Results of the Zoological Expedition Organized by \" Grigore Antipa \" Museum in the Indonesian Archipelago (1991). 1. Percarida (Crustacea). Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle \" Grigore Antipa \", 29 - 113."]}