NOTES ON TASMANIAN CAPEELLIDAK 



By E. a. Beigqs, B.Sc, Zoologist, Australian Museum, 

 Sydney. 



(Communicated by E. L. Piesse.) 



(Received 7tli August, 1914. Eead 14tli September, ]914. 



Issued separately 30th September, 1914.) 



(Published bv permission of the Trustees of the Australian 



Museum.) 



The small collection of Caprellids refen-ed to in the follow- 

 ing notes was obtained on the eastern coast of Tasmania in 

 April, 1914. 



The species dealt with are as follows : — 

 Dodecas dpracpvfrxim, Stebbing. 

 OrthoprotilUi <iuxtral\s (Has well). 

 CapreUd (i>'<//nJl/>ra, Say. 



The collection is of interest since it contains a representa- 

 tive of the small geniis Dodecas, D. decacentrum, Stebbing 

 and Haswell's Ortlioprotella australis, both of which are here 

 recorded for the first time from Tasmania. Caprella 

 aequdihra, Say, is cosmopolitan in its distribution and lias 

 previously been recorded from these waters. 



Altogether twenty eight species (four of Avhich are unde- 

 termined) belonging to the family Caprellidae are now 

 known to occur in Australian and Tasmanian Avaters. These 

 are: — Paraproto spinosa (Haswell) ; P. condyJata (Haswell) ; 

 P. gahrieU, Stebbing ; Metaproto novae-hollandiae (Haswell) ; 

 Liriarchvs perplexns, Mayer ; Psf.ndojyroto falax, Mayer ; 

 Ihdecas hexacentrum, Mayer; D. decacentrum, Stebbing; 

 HirceUa cornigera (Haswell) ; Protella mnUis, Mayer ; 

 Protella sp.; OrthoproteUa australis (Haswell); Metaprotella 

 excentrica, Mayer ; M. hasweUiana, Mayer ; M. sandalensis, 

 Mayer?; Acicomda miranda, Mayer; ParadetUeUa echinata 

 (Haswell) ; Paradeuiella sp. ; Monolirojms ogilis, Mayer ; 

 Hemiaegina minnia, Mayer ; Paracaprella alata, Mayer ; 

 ParacaprdJa sp. ; Caprella temiis, Haswell ; C. jjeyiantis. 

 Leach ; C. aequilibra, Say ; C. danihvskii, Czerniavsld ; C. 

 saura, Templetou; Caprella sp. 



The four undetermined species mentioned in the preceding 

 list are dealt with by Mayer* in "Die Fauna Siidwest- 

 Australiens." In the same paper he describes a new genus 

 and species, Liriarchus pen plexus, from Champion Bay, 



* Mayer— Die i'amia Stidwe.st'Australiens, Caprellidae, iv., 1, 19X2, pp. 3-5 and 12. 



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