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ventromedial spine; outer ramus about half the length of 
inner ramus. Uropod 3 uniramus; rami with 2 apical setae. 
Telson dorsal lobe with 2 apical setae; lower margin without 
lateral or apical setae. 
Female (sexually dimorphic characters) based on female 
specimen, 6.7 mm, AM P.86200. 
Gnathopod 1 basis anterior margin without robust setae; 
carpus rectolinear, 1.2 times as long as broad; propodus 
sub triangular to subovoid, 1.8 times as long as broad, palm 
smooth weakly convex, with 4 robust setae near corner 
of palm; dactylus posterior margin with 5 serrate teeth. 
Gnathopod 2 basis anterodistal comer with produced lobes, 
rounded, with 2 robust setae; merus posterior margin lobe 
broad produced, broader than long, apically rounded, with 3 
robust setae; propodus subovoid, 1.5 times as long as broad, 
anterior margin with clusters of long slender setae, palm 
convex, smooth, without distal shelf, palm defined by tooth 
with 3 robust setae. 
Remarks. The new distribution records extend along the 
southern coast of Australia (excluding Tasmania) and are a 
significant range expansion for this species previous known 
from New Zealand. Material dissected from New South 
Wales and South Australia show no significant morphological 
variation from the original description. 
Distribution. New Zealand. Dunedin (J. L. Barnard, 
1974). Australia. New South Wales: Forster, Botany Bay, 
Tathra, Batemans Bay, Twofold Bay, Montague Island 
(current study). Tasmania. St Helens Rock, Bay of Fires, 
D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Rocky Cape (current study). South 
Australia: Investigator Island Group (current study). Western 
Australia: Vancouver Peninsula (current study). 
Acknowledgments. I am grateful to Sue Lindsay for SEM 
processing and images. Stephen Keable (AM); Justine Djajadikarta 
(AM); Thierry Laperousaz (SAMA), Jo Taylor and David Staples 
(NMV) and are acknowledged for their support in loan and 
curation of collections. Mick Ashcroft produced the map in figure 
one. Jim Lowry provided useful comments on initial drafts of this 
manuscript. I thank two anonymous reviewers for their time and 
useful comments of this manuscript. This research was supported 
by a postdoctoral research grant from the Australian Biological 
Resources Study RF210-19. 
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