Jim Lowry

Australian Museum · Australian Museum Research Institute

Pictonorchestia, a new genus of talitrid amphipod is established for Orchestia dentata Filhol, 1885, from New Zealand. It is characterised by the dactylus of gnathopod 2 which has a well-developed projection on the posterior margin which interlocks with a shallow sinus on the palm and a proximal spine which defines the palm. It differs from other t...

Eriopisidae is a widespread amphipod family, whose members have subcylindrical bodies, often do not have eyes, showing elongate third uropods in which the endopod is reduced and the exopod can become very long. This is the first record of Eriopisidae from Central America. Here, we describe the new genus and species Panamapisa guaymii gen. nov., sp....

Current information on soft-bottom benthic amphipod species of the south coasts of Cyprus is scarce. In the summer of 2013, a research survey was carried out, targeting the Vasiliko Bay and the nearby coastal area which is influenced by multiple human-induced stressors. Analysis of 126 samples revealed the presence of 2,122 individual amphipods (Am...

Among crustaceans, only Amphipoda, Isopoda, and Decapoda have invaded truly terrestrial environments, but only two groups show full adaptations to live on land: the family Talitridae among the Amphipoda and the suborder Oniscidea among the Isopoda. The Talitridae occur primarily in forest leaf litter, but a number of other habitats, including caves...

The new talitrid genus Carpentaria gen. nov. is described from tropical Australia. It contains two marsh-hoppers: C. limicola (Haswell, 1880) (comb. nov.) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef and C. tropicalis sp. nov. from Darwin, Northern Territory and Queensland.

The amphipod genus Orchestia is revised. It now includes 10 species of which three are new: O. forchuensis sp. nov. from north-eastern North America and Iceland., O. perezi sp. nov. from Chile and O. tabladoi sp. nov. from Argentina. Orchestia inaequalipes (K.H. Barnard 1951) is reinstated. The type species of the genus, O. gammarellus is redescrib...

A new monotypic superfamily, family, genus and species of Hadziida is described from the Brazilian continental shelf. Magnovioidea superfam. nov. Magnovidae fam. nov. and Magnovis gen. nov. are distinguished by the presence of: antenna 1 shorter than the peduncle of antenna 2; maxilliped outer plate falcate; palp, article 4 reduced and left and rig...

A morphological cladistic analysis was carried out on talitroid Amphipoda. Each character state was carefully analysed to determine whether it could be most parsimoniously ascribed to a synapomorphy or to a homoplasy. Within the Talitroidea, two new epifamilies, the Protorchestoidae and the Talitroidae, six new families, the Uhlorchestiidae, the Pr...

Material collected by the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean in the years 1937–1938 and later attributed by Stephensen, 1949 to Orchestia scutigerula Dana, 1852 has been re-examined and is described as a new genus and species, Gondwanorchestia tristanensis sp. nov. Orchestia scutigerula Dana, 1852 is tra...

Two species of the beach-hopper genus Talorchestia Dana, 1853 were collected at Cheriyam Island in the union territory of Lakshadweep in south western India. One species was identified as T. affinis Maccagno, 1936, known previously from the Red Sea, Somalia and East Africa and recorded for the first time from India, the other proved to be a new spe...

ABSTRACT. – Talitrid amphipods find their optimal zonation in humid substrates, from the supralittoral of sandy beaches, to damp wracks cast up on river and lake banks, to the moist soil of gardens, and are known to adjust behavior in order to fit within a broad range of environmen- tal constraints. The stones along urban shores of Lake Tegel offer...

The genus Quasimodia Sheard, 1936 belongs to the hyaloidean family Phliantidae, and contains four species inhabiting littoral and sublittoral habitats in Australia (J.L. Barnard 1972; Lowry & Stoddart 2003; Horton et al. 2018; Lowry & Myers 2019). This genus-group name was originally erected for three nominal species—Q. barnardi Sheard, 1936, Q. ca...

The frequently studied amphipod genus Talitrus Latreille, 1802, long thought to be monotypic is shown here to include three species. Two species had already been recognized as distinct species. Talitrus cloquetii Audouin, 1826 and T. platycheles Guérin, 1832, but both had long been reduced to synonymy with T. saltator. All three species are describ...

Organisms’ traits are increasingly being targeted to describe systems and their functionality. In ecological studies, analysis of traits’ as units are largely applied to communities, while the application of traits to taxonomic levels is receiving less attention. The project “Talitraits” was launched to target: 1) a relatively low taxonomic level,...

Talitrid amphipods are semiterrestrial and terrestrial organisms and find their optimal zonation in humid or water-saturated substrates. Some talitrids live in the supralittoral, where they maintain their zonation by means of an active behaviour. Other talitrid groups, like the genus Cryptorchestia, live in moist soil. Environmental constraints in...

Two new coastal talitrid genera are described, Austropacifica gen. nov., known from tropical Australia, Papua New Guinea and the south-western Pacific Ocean and Gazia gen. nov., ranging from East Africa to the Caribbean Sea. Two new species of coastal talitrids are described: Gazia gazi gen. nov., sp. nov. from Gazi Bay, Kenya and Talorchestia anak...

A recent comprehensive review of the generic-level classification of the amphipod family Talitridae established 37 new genera (Lowry & Myers 2019). Among the 37 genus-group names, however, four names—Fleuria Lowry & Myers, 2019, Hurleyella Lowry & Myers, 2019, Tasmanella Lowry & Myers, 2019 and Wairua Lowry & Myers, 2019—are respectively preoccupie...

The present study reviews the taxonomy of Orthoprotella, Metaprotella and Notoprotella gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from the coast of New South Wales, Australia. In total eight species from these genera are recorded from the New South Wales coasts. Generic diagnoses of Orthoprotella, Metaprotella and Notoprotella gen. nov. are prov...

Thirty seven new talitrid genera are described: Albidiator gen. nov.; Amphiatlantica gen. nov.; Asiaorchestia gen. nov.; Bulychevia gen. nov.; Calviator gen. nov.; Canariorchestia gen. nov.; Chevreuxiana gen. nov.; Dallwitzia gen. nov.; Defeo gen. nov.; Dendrorchestia gen. nov.; Derzhavinia gen. nov.; Dracorchestia gen. nov.; Fleuria gen. nov.; Gal...

The genus Eriopisella is recorded for the first time from Australia. Material from Moreton Bay, Queensland, proved to be an undescribed species and is here fully described and figured under the name E. moretoni sp. nov. An identification key to the nine known world species of Eriopisella is provided.

Research Infrastructures (RIs) are facilities, resources and services used by the scientific community to conduct research and foster innovation. LifeWatch ERIC has developed various virtual research environments, which include many virtual laboratories (vLabs) offering high computational capacity and comprehensive collaborative platforms that supp...

Research Infrastructures (RIs) are facilities, resources and services used by the scientific community to conduct research and foster innovation. LifeWatch ERIC has developed various virtual research environments, which include many virtual laboratories (vLabs) offering high computational capacity and comprehensive collaborative platforms that supp...

Research Infrastructures (RIs) are facilities, resources and services used by the scientific community to conduct research and foster innovation. LifeWatch ERIC has developed various virtual research environments, which include many virtual laboratories (vLabs) offering high computational capacity and comprehensive collaborative platforms that supp...

A response is given to criticisms in a recent paper of the validity of the amphipod suborder Senticaudata. The tacitly assumed status of truth implied in some molecular higher phylogenies is called in to question.

We redescribe Talorchestia gracilis (Dana, 1852a) for the first time and designate a neotype based on new collections from Pulau Layang-Layang, Swallow Reef, South China Sea. We describe T. bunaken sp. nov. from Bunaken Island, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, T. dili sp. nov. from Dili, Timor-Leste, T. seringat sp. nov. from Singapore, T. sipadan sp....

The new talitrid amphipod genus Hermesorchestia is established for one new species from Australia, H. alastairi, common to the beaches of Tasmania. Hermesorchestia gen. nov. is typified by the sexually dimorphic males which have palmate lobes on the carpus and propodus of gnathopod 1, a three dimensional merus article on pereopod 7 and expanded pos...

Significance Understanding what morphological and behavioral traits promote the success of diverse groups of organisms is a major goal of evolutionary biology. The ability to consume novel food sources has been linked to the spectacular radiation of herbivorous insects that eat terrestrial plants on Earth. Among the crustaceans, the arthropod group...

A sampling campaign was carried out during winter 2015, targeting presence and distribution of talitrid amphipods along the coastline of Crete, Greece. A total number of 31 beaches, selected to include a range of exposures and substrates were sampled for talitrid fauna, to be used as model taxa, consistent with literature (see Defeo & McLachlan, 20...

A classification is proposed for the order Amphipoda. The Amphipoda includes six suborders, the Pseudingolfiellidea, Hyperiidea, Colomastigidea, Hyperiopsidea, Senticaudata (described in a previous contribution (Lowry & Myers 2013)) and Amphilochidea. The suborder Ingolfiellidea is raised to order status. A cladistic tree, based on morphology, is p...

A new genus and species, Persianorchestia nirvana gen. et sp. nov., is described from the south coast of Iran along the Gulf of Oman. The new genus is characterized by large eyes, gnathopod 1 posterior margin of carpus and propodus each with lobe covered in palmate setae, smooth posterior margin on dactylus of male gnathopod 2, a slender dactylus o...

A new species of fresh-water amphipod, Fluviadulzura spinicauda gen. nov. sp. nov. is described from rivers in Victoria, Australia. The taxon is fully described and figured.

A new senticaudate amphipod family, Zaramillidae is described from the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands, based on the genus Zaramilla Stebbing, 1888. It is placed in the gammaridiran amphipods.

A new species of fresh-water amphipod is described from Australia. Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. nov. sp. nov. It is placed in a new family, the Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov. and is fully described and figured.

Based on new talitrid amphipod collections from South Africa one new genus, Capeorchestia gen. nov., and one new spe-cies, Africorchestia meridionalis sp. nov., are described and Africorchestia quadrispinosa (K.H. Barnard, 1916) is rede-scribed. Eorchestia Bousfield, 1984 is redescribed. Based on this redescription Orchestia dassenensis (K.H. Barna...

Ampithoid amphipods dominate invertebrate assemblages associated with shallow-water macroalgae and seagrasses worldwide and represent the most species-rich family of herbivorous amphipod known. To generate the first molecular phylogeny of this family, we sequenced 35 species from 10 genera at two mitochondrial genes [the cytochrome c oxidase subuni...

This study targets surface activity of mobile macrofauna on pocket tidal beaches, undergoing different human use. We considered two beaches in Pittwater (NSW, Australia): Tennis beach on Scotland Island features artificial structures and provided with artificial lighting, while Portuguese beach (Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park) is only accessible b...

The world Cyphocarididae are reviewed with new distribution records provided for eight taxa including three new species of Cyphocaris, C. ananke, C. nesoi and C. tartaros. Based on collections from Greenland a neotype is established for the type species Cyphocaris anonyx Boeck, 1871. An updated key to the 17 known world species of cyphocarids is pr...

The present study reviews the taxonomy of the Phtisicidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The following seven species are described; Dodecas decacentrum Stebbing, 1910b, Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903, Hircella cornigera (Haswell, 1879b), Metaproto novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1879a), Notoprotomima smithi gen. nov...

The family Endevouridae is reviewed and four new species from the two genera, Endevoura and Ensayara, are described from Australian and Japanese waters. All species are diagnosed and the type species of Endevoura (End. mirabilis Chilton, 1921) and Ensayara (Ens. ramonella J.L. Barnard, 1964), respectively, are redescribed and illustrated. A key to...

A new species of the scavenging lysianassid amphipod genus Waldeckia, W. bamberi sp. nov., is described from the Austral Isles, Society Isles, the first record of Waldeckia on the Pacific Plate.

A new talitrid amphipod species, Talorchestia qeshm sp. nov., is described from Qeshm Island in the south-eastern Persian Gulf. This is the westernmost confirmed record for Talorchestia and places the genus firmly in the western Indian Ocean.

Three species of coastal talitrids are reported from north-western Western Australia: Australorchestia tantabiddyensis sp. nov., from Tantabiddy Rockholes Cave, Cape Range National Park; Talorchestia dampieri sp. nov. from Roebuck Bay, Broome and Cygnet Bay, King Sound; and Tropicorchestia derbyensis gen. et sp. nov. from Derby, King Sound. Five sp...

The new species Riwo zeidleri and Socarnella delectabilis are described. Prior to this study Riwo Lowry & Stoddart, 1995 was a monotypic genus, while Socarnella Walker, 1904 consisted of only two described species. The distribution of Riwo is expanded southwards from northern Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef to the south coast of Austral...

Floresorchestia floresiana (Weber, 1892) from Flores, F. anomala (Chevreux, 1901) from the Seychelles, F. malayensis (Tattersall, 1922) from Singapore and F. thienemanni (Schellenberg, 1931) from Java are redescribed based on original type material or newly collected material from near the type locality. Nine new species are described, in the wides...

Two new species of Hippomedon, H. hippolyte sp. nov. and H. tourville sp. nov. are described from Australian waters. The distribution of H. rodericki is extended from Tasmania northwards into New South Wales. The distribution of Hippomedon geelongi is also extended from Victoria northwards into New South Wales and southwards into Tasmania.

Scopelocheiridae is a small family of scavenging lysianassoid amphipods. There is a distinct shallow water group (Scopelocheirinae subfam. n.) and a distinct deep-sea group (Paracallisominae subfam. n.). We catalogue three genera and eight species in the scopelocheirines and move Scopelocheirus onagawae Takekawa & Ishimaru, 2000 to the genus Aroui....

Two new genera and a new species of lysianassoid amphipods are described. Debroyerella gen. nov. is described for three Antarctic species previously assigned to the genus Cheirimedon. Ulladulla gen. nov. is described to accommodate the new species U. selje, from Australian waters. Diagnostic descriptions are given for the genera and all species are...

We received great support during the experiment, and the community as a whole showed interest in the status of the local beaches. We acknowledge their participation and care, and sharing the results with them was a pleasant experience.

Members of the family Epimeriidae are reported in Australian waters for the first time and Epimeria rafaeli sp. nov. is described from deep water just south of the Abrolhos Island, Western Australia.

In this paper we review the genera of the family Uristidae and report for the first time from Australian waters: the new genus and species Des griffini; the genus Euonyx with two new species; Koroga megalops; the genus Parschisturella with three new species; and Stephonyx arabiensis plus one new species. We provide keys to species in the genera Aby...

Beach-hoppers and sandhoppers in the family Talitridae are strongly linked to the supralittoral environment. They are semi-terrestrial animals and because they are direct developers there is potentially no mobility between populations on adjacent beaches. In the case of coastlines fragmented by natural or artificial structures, the assumed lack of...

We report seven tryphosine genera (two new) from Australian waters for the first time and describe 13 new species: Cedrosella cito sp. nov.; Lysianella lui sp. nov.; Lysianella moonamoona sp. nov.; Microlysias soela sp. nov.; Paralysianopsis capricornia sp. nov.; Paralysianopsis dandenong sp. nov.; Paralysianopsis pomona sp. nov.; Paralysianopsis r...

Waldeckia Chevreux is a genus of scavenging lysianassoid amphipods with distribution records from Antarctica, Australia,Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, China and Japan. The genus is revised and diagnosed against all other genera of the Lysianassidae and the subfamily Waldeckiinae is established. All known species are redes...

A new species of the genus Shoemakerella Pirlot, 1936 is described for the Southeastern Brazilian continental shelf. The new species is easily recognized from the others in the genus mainly by the shape of the gnathopod 2. This is the first species of Shoemakerella from Brazilian waters.

The new species Tongorchestia borabora sp. nov. is described from Vaitape in Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, Society Islands. This is the first talitrid amphipod reported from Bora Bora and the third species of Tongorchestia from the Western Pacific oceanic islands. Currently Tongorchestia is endemic to oceanic islands in the Western Pacific.

The Tryphosa group is established within the tryphosine amphipods. It contains eight genera worldwide (Bruunosa Barnard & Karaman, 1987; Glorieusella gen. nov.; Gronella Barnard & Karaman, 1991; Metambasia Stephensen, 1923; Pseudonesimus Chevreux, 1926; Schisturella Norman, 1900; Thrombasia J.L. Barnard, 1966; and Tryphosa Boeck, 1871). As part of...

The first freshwater talitrid, Floresorchestia pohnpei sp. nov., is described from the island of Pohnpei, Micronesia. Floresorchestia palau sp. nov. is described from supralittoral and shallow-water marine habitats in Palau, Micronesia.

Krapp-Schickel & Müller (2011) published one new genus Kairos and two new species, Kairos segregans and Elasmopus polynesus in Marine Biodiversity Records. Because Marine Biodiversity Records is an entirely electronic journal which does not produce hard copies, it is not eligible to publish new taxonomic names unless the names are registered in Zoo...

Pseudambasia appears to be an Indo-West Pacific endemic, comprising mostly tropical and temperate species but also one from the New Zealand subantarctic. In this paper the genus Pseudambasia Stephensen is diagnosed against all other genera of the Lysianassinae. Six new species of Pseudambasia (P. dartnalli sp. nov.; P. lochi sp. nov.; P. ponderi sp...

Four species of talitrid amphipods (Orchestia montagui Audouin, 1826, Orchestia stephenseni Cecchini, 1928, Orchestia xylino sp. nov. and Talitrus saltator (Montagu, 1808)) are reported from a set of fragmented pocket beaches to the east of Heraklion on the north coast of Crete. Aside from a previous record of O. stephenseni these are the first rec...

The genus Stebbingiella Marques-Junior & Senna, 2013 was recently established in the family Melphidippidae Stebbing, 1899. Stebbingiella does not fit this family concept for a number of reasons which include: antenna 1 accessory flagellum well developed; callynophore absent; maxilla 1 inner plate with apical robust setae; maxilla 2 inner plate with...

An independently derived, blind, cave-dwelling amphipod, Minamitalitrus zoltani gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from the Hoshino-do cave on the island on Minami-Daitō jima, Okinawa, Japan. This genus belongs to the Talitrus group of 15 genera and is the first record of the group from Japan. Several characters support the new genus, particularly th...

One new genus and four species of talitrid amphipods are described from Tonga: Platorchestia ano sp. nov.; Talorchestia spinipalma (Dana, 1852); Tongorchestia pangaimotu gen. nov., sp. nov.; T. towneri sp. nov.

The Amphipoda includes a large clade defined by the presence of a previously unrecognised synapomorphy, apical robust setae on the rami of uropods 1-2. We term this clade the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Latin: sentis = thorn). It includes almost all freshwater species as well as a number of marine benthic taxa, formerly part of the 'Gammaridea'. The...

The sand-hopper Bellorchestia mariae sp. nov. is described from Honeymoon Bay on the north coast of Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It is the sister species of B. richardsoni Serejo and Lowry, 2008 and appears to have a limited distribution from about Narrawallee in the south to northern Jervis Bay. The distribution of B. richardsoni Serejo...

Background: The question of how many marine species exist is important because it provides a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have compiled the first register of the marine species of the world and used this baseline to estimate how many more species, partitioned among all major eukaryotic groups, may be disco...

Bellan-Santini (2007) described Podosirus vaderi from a vent community on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores Triple junction zone. At the time she placed it in the family Eusiridae and pointed out similarities to the Podoceridae.The original description of Podosirus vaderi was based on an ovigerous female. Male characteristics are not known, but...

Nine new freshwater amphipod families are described: Chillagoeidae fam. nov.; Crangoweckeliidae fam. nov.; Dussartiellidae fam. nov.; Falklandellidae fam. nov.; Giniphargidae fam. nov.; Pseudingolfiellidae fam. nov.; Sandroidae fam. nov.; Sensonatoridae fam. nov. and Uronyctidae fam. nov. The subfamily Seborgiinae Holsinger, 1980 is raised to famil...

Pereionotus species from around Australia are described. The new taxa Pereionotus dieteri sp. nov. and Pereionotus hartmuti sp. nov. are fully described and compared with the redescribed Pereionotus thomsoni. Species misidentified in the past are synonymised and as a result the new taxon Pereionotus yongensis sp. nov. is introduced. A new name, Per...

A new talitrid amphipod genus, Britorchestia from western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea is described here and the genera Pseudorchestoidea and Sardorchestia are redescribed.

Two new species of the genus Gabophlias are described and compared with the only previously known species from this genus, Gabophlias olono J.L. Barnard, 1972. Different from this species, the dorsum of Gabophlias gabiae sp. nov. does not have a carina. Gabophlias kerstinae sp. nov. has a dorsal carina, but it is very shallow on pereonite 1, wherea...

Curiotalitrus, a new genus of terrestrial land-hoppers (Amphipoda, Talitridae) is described from rain-forests in the Philippines. Curiotalitrus includes one species: C. curioi (Javier & Coleman, 2010). Informal Talitrus and Orchestia groups are proposed based on the condition of the male second gnathopod.

The new species Iphiplateia marleneae, Iphiplateia jakei and Iphiplateia verenaae are described and the similar taxon Iphiplateia whiteleggei is redescribed. Iphiplateia marleneae differs from I. whiteleggei in the subcircular body shape, the slender articles 4-5 of the peduncle of antenna 2, the medially expanded maxilliped palp articles 2 and 3,...

Taxonomic knowledge of species from low-energy sandy beaches is scarce in the literature; in spite of the fact, many phyla inhabit sandy shores. Here, is present peracarid species found from concurrent field sampling on intertidal and subtidal zones on low-energy beaches. We found 59 species of orders Amphipoda, Isopoda, Tanaidacea and Cumacea. Dom...

The new lysianassoid amphipod family Acidostomatidae is described for the widespread genus Acidostoma Lilljeborg, 1865 and the endemic Antarctic genus Shackletonia K.H. Barnard, 1931. All species of Acidostoma are described including three new species. Acidostoma obesum (Bate & Westwood, 1861) is discussed in detail.

The new lysianassid subfamily Conicostomatinae is established. All genera in the subfamily are rediagnosed and distribution maps are provided. The new genus Amphorites is established for Amphorites annasona sp. nov., Am. hurleyi (Lowry & Stoddart, 1983) and Am. pungapunga (Lowry & Stoddart, 1983). The Australian species Conicostoma karta Lowry & St...

The new family Pachynidae is established. Three new genera are described: Renella gen. nov., Smaraldia gen. nov. and Ultimachelium gen. nov. and fifteen new species: Drummondia marlo sp. nov., D. tridentata sp. nov., Figorella angulosa sp. nov., F. formosa sp. nov., F. franklin sp. nov., Pachychelium tropicalis sp. nov., Pachynus obsolescens sp. no...

For the kingdom Animalia, 1,552,319 species have been described in 40 phyla in a new evolutionary classification. Among these, the phylum Arthropoda alone represents 1,242,040 species, or about 80% of the total. The most successful group, the Insecta (1,020,007 species), accounts for about 66% of all animals. The most successful insect order, Coleo...

Within the lysianassid amphipod subfamily Tryphosinae the new genus Photosella is established with three included species: P. charlotteae (Lowry & Stoddart, 2009); P. miersi (Stebbing, 1888) and P. mucronata (Pirlot, 1936). The genus Tryphosella is rediagnosed and thirteen new Australian species are described: T. betka sp. nov.; T. bicheno sp. nov....

The melitid amphipod genus Dulichiella Stout, 1912, is revised. Based on examination of type material or new material from near type localities, we redescribe D. anisochir (Kroyer, 1845) from Brazil, D. appendiculata ( Say, 1818) from the south-eastern United States, D. australis (Haswell, 1879) from eastern Australia, D. cotesi (Giles, 1890) from...

Tara Duncan, 1994, was established as a terrestrial genus of New Zealand talitrid amphipods, with the type species Orchestia sylvicola Dana, 1852. It was recently discovered to be a junior homonym of Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886, a genus of salticid spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Amycinae, Astiini). Tara Peckham & Peckham, 1886, is a valid name in c...

Africorchestia, a new genus of coastal sand-hoppers (Amphipoda, Talitridae), is described from western Africa and south-western Europe. Africorchestia includes five species: A. fischeri (H. Milne Edwards, 1830); A. quadrispinosa (K.H. Barnard, 1916); A. skoogi (Stebbing, 1922); A. spinifera (Mateus, 1962); and A. tricornuta (Shoemaker, 1920).

Eight new species and one new record of Elasmopus Costa, 1853 are described from Australian waters including the extended offshore territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Indian Ocean), Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), Ashmore Reef (Timor Sea), Norfolk Island (Tasman Sea) and Lord Howe Island (Tasman Sea). Range extensions are reported for seven de...

Within the Lysianassoidea three new families are established: Cebocaridae fam. nov. is established for the deep-sea bathypelagic genera Cebocaris J.L. Barnard, 1964; Crybelocephalus Tattersall, 1906; Crybelocyphocaris Shoemaker, 1945; Cyphocarioides Birstein & Vinogradov, 1970; Mesocyclocaris Birstein & Vinogradov, 1964; Mesocyphocaris Birstein & V...