Species Gammaropsis (Gammaropsis) legoliath Hughes & Lowry, 2006

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• Gammaropsis legoliath Hughes L.E. & Lowry J.K. 2006. New species of Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia. Zootaxa 1222: 1-52 [34, figs 17-19].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P71912 ♂ 4.1 mm, Muttonbird Island, Solitary Islands, NSW [31°17'S 153°10'E].
  Paratype(s) AM P71913 ♀ 5.4 mm; AM P71914 ♂ 3.4 mm; AM P71915 22 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral (0 to 30 m), 0-15 m, living on the green algae Caulerpa cactoides, Caulerpa flexilis, Codium lucasii; the red algae Amphiroa anceps, Callophycus tridentifer, Chondria succulata, Corallina berteri, Curdiea crassa, Galaxaura marginata, Jania natalensis, Martensia australis, Melanthalia polydactylis, Pachymenia prostrate, Peyssonnelia novae hollandiae, Pterocladia lucida, Scinaia tsinglanensis; and the brown algae Colpomenia sinuosa, holdfasts of Ecklonia radiata, Halopteris platycena, Lobophora variegate, Phacelocarpus apodus, Sargassum sp., Sporochnus radiciformis, Zonaria diesingiana.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	12-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		19-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED