Oedicerotidae

摘要

Three genera and three new species of oedicerotid amphipods are reported from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. The third species of southern hemisphere Monoculodes, Monoculodes tropicalis sp. nov., is the first in the genus with calceolion the female antenna 2. The Oedicerotidae of Australia are little studied. Lowry & Stoddart (2003) recorded only four genera and seven species for the entire area. Two species have previously been recorded from the Great Barrier Reef, Oediceroides apicalis K.H. Barnard, 1931 from deep water outside of Trinity Opening and Perioculodes aequimanus (Kossman, 1880) from shallow water at the Low Isles. In this paper we describe three new species: Aborolobatea insidiosa sp. nov., Monoculodes tropicalis sp. nov. and Perioculodes talboti sp. nov. Aborolobatea insidiosa sp. nov. is the second species recorded for the tropical genus Aborolobatea.