Ampithoidae and Maeridae Amphipods from Timor-Leste (Crustacea: Peracarida)

Elasmopus alalo Myers, 1986 Fig. 7 Elasmopus pseudaffinis Barnard, 1965: 501, figs 12, 13. —Ledoyer, 1972: 219, pls 38, 39. —Ledoyer, 1978: 273, fig. 20a (in part). —Berents, 1983: 118, figs 15, 16. —Ledoyer, 1983: 480, figs 181, 182. —Ledoyer, 1984: 65, fig. 30b. —Ren, 1998: 203–205, fig. 6. Elasmopus alalo Myers, 1986: 273, figs 4, 5. —Myers, 1995: 27. —Lowry and Stoddart, 2003: 177. —Lowry and Hughes, 2009: 646–649, figs 1, 2. —Hughes & Lowry, 2011: 583,584. —Krapp-Schickel & Muller, 2011: 1, 2, figs. 1, 2. —Vader & Krapp-Schickel, 2012: 1196 (key). Type locality. Utulau, Tonga. Material examined. 1 A male, 9.0 mm, dissected, 4 slides, AM P.90560, east of Metinaro, Secret Garden Reef (8°29'15" S 125°49'53" E), 20 m, tufts of red algae, coll. L.E. Hughes, 22 September 2012 (TM 2012-060); 1 B female, 8.0 mm, dissected, 1 slide, AM P.90561, east of Metinaro, Secret Garden Reef (8°29'15" S 125°49'53" E), 20 m, tufts of red algae, coll. L.E. Hughes, 22 September 2012 (TM 2012-060). Distribution. Timor-Leste: Metinaro (current study). Australia: Western Australia (Hughes, 2011); Northern Territory (Lowry & Hughes, 2009); Queensland (Hughes, 2011; Lowry & Hughes, 2009). Tasman Sea: Lord Howe Island (Hughes, 2011); Norfolk Island (Hughes, 2011). Madagascar: Tuléar (Ledoyer, 1972). Mauritius: (Ledoyer 1978). Micronesia: Marshall Islands (Barnard 1965). New Caledonia: Îlot Maitre (Ledoyer 1984). Society Islands: Moorea (Krapp-Schickel & Muller, 2011). South China Sea: Nansha (or Spratly) Islands (Ren 1998). Tonga: Utulau (Myers, 1986).Published as part of Hughes, L. E., 2015, Ampithoidae and Maeridae Amphipods from Timor-Leste (Crustacea: Peracarida), pp. 83-108 in Records of the Australian Museum 67 (3) on page 90, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1644, http://zenodo.org/record/468496