Australian Museum Journal The coastal Talitridae (Amphipoda: Talitroidea) of southern and western Australia, with comments on Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845)
- Shortform:
- Serejo and Lowry, 2008, Rec. Aust. Mus. 60(2): 161–206
- Author(s):
- Serejo, C. S.; Lowry, J. K.
- Year published:
- 2008
- Title:
- The coastal Talitridae (Amphipoda: Talitroidea) of southern and western Australia, with comments on Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 60
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 161
- End page:
- 206
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1491
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 01 October 2008
- Cover date:
- 01 October 2008
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 01 October 2008
- Available online:
- 10 October 2008
- Reference number:
- 1491
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (43kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (2909kb PDF)
Abstract
A total of eight coastal talitrid amphipods from Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia are documented. Three new genera (Australorchestia n.gen.; Bellorchestia n.gen. and Notorchestia n.gen.) and seven new species (Australorchestia occidentalis n.sp.; Bellorchestia richardsoni n.sp.; Notorchestia lobata n.sp.; N. naturaliste n.sp.; Platorchestia paraplatensis n.sp. Protorchestia ceduna n.sp. and Transorchestia marlo n.sp.) are described. Notorchestia australis (Fearn-Wannan, 1968) is reported from Twofold Bay, New South Wales, to the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Seven Australian and New Zealand "Talorchestia" species are transferred to Bellorchestia: B. chathamensis (Hurley, 1956); B. kirki (Hurley, 1956); B. marmorata (Haswell, 1880); B. pravidactyla (Haswell, 1880); B. quoyana (Milne Edwards, 1840); B. spadix (Hurley, 1956) and B. tumida (Thomson, 1885). Two Australian "Talorchestia" species are transferred to Notorchestia: N. australis (Fearn-Wannan, 1968) and N. novaehollandiae (Stebbing, 1899). Type material of Platorchestia platensis and Protorchestia lakei were re-examined for comparison with Australian species herein described. A key to the species herein described is provided.