Species Quadrimaera quadrimana (Dana, 1852)
- Gammarus (Maera) quadrimanus Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e Class Reipublicae Faederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars III. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2: 201-220 [212].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (lost), Fiji Ils (as Archapelagine 'Viti').
Generic Combinations
- Quadrimaera quadrimana (Dana, 1852). —
Krapp-Schickel, T. & Ruffo, S. 2000. The Maera quadrimana-complex (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae) demands a new concept Quadrimaera n. gen. (with description of three new species from Western Atlantic). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 24: 193-214 [195] - Maera quadrimana (Dana, 1852).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic and Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
Oriental Region
- India
Distribution References
- Hughes, L.E. 2015. Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea). Zootaxa 4059(2): 201–256 [Date published 22 Dec 2015]
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Australian specimens living among reef rock, dead coral Pocillopora, algae including the brown Dictyota and the green algae Chlorodesmis, coral rubble and silt, in depths to 12 m.
General References
Berents, P.B. 1983. The Melitidae of Lizard Island and adjacent reefs, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum 35: 101-143
Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 14: 689-1618
Myers, A.A. 1985. Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 5: 1-143
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 09-Apr-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Dec-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 22-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 30-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 17-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |