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Some Amphipoda, Isopoda and Tanaidacea from Cook Strait

S.O. Hyperiidea — Family Phronimidae

S.O. Hyperiidea
Family Phronimidae

Phronima sedentaria (Forsk.), 1775.

Phronima sedentaria Hurley, 1955: 166–170, figs. 188–218.

Material Examined: Station COS (VUZ. 22), 1 female, 28 mm, with "salphouse". Station BOQ (VUZ. 18), 1 female, 20 mm.

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Cirolana quadripustulata n.sp. Male.

Cirolana quadripustulata n.sp. Male.

Fig. 25.—Adult male, side view. Fig. 26.—Adult male, dorsal view. Fig. 27.—Ventral surface of head showing frontal lamina. Fig. 28.—Antenna 1. Fig. 29.—Maxilla 1 Fig. 30.—Maxilla? 2. Fig. 31.—Maxilliped. Fig. 32.—Mandible. Fig. 33.—Peraeopod 1. Fig. 34.—Peraeopod 2. Fig. 35.—Peraeopod 2, dactylos. Fig. 36.—Peraeopod 7. Fig. 37.—Male stylet. Fig. 38.—Uropod.

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Distribution: Cosmopolitan (cf. Hurley, 1955).

Discussion: This is the common species of Phronima found around New Zealand. Almost all of the references in the New Zealand literature to this species are under the name Phronima novae-zealandiae.