The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)

Oss sEA ANd ANtArctIc IslANds (bAllENy IslANds) spEcIEs
Aegiochus antarctica (Hodgson, 9 0), comb. nov.
(Fig. 37)
Æga australis Richardson, 906a: 87 (name pre-occupied,
Aega australis Whitelegge, 90 ).
Æga australis Richardson, 906b: 850.
Æga australis Richardson, 1908: 4, figs 8–11.
Æga antarctica Hodgson, 9 0: 7, pl. 2.– Richardson, 9 3:
4.
Aega antarctica.– Tattersall, 92 : 2 .– Monod, 926: 5.– Hale,
937: 9; 952: 28.– Kussakin, 967: 224; 982: 74.– Amar
& Roman, 974: 582.– Arnaud, 974: 647.– Jaramillo,
1977: 60, fig. 1.– Schultz, 1978: 31, fig. 7.– Wägele,
1990: 521.– Brandt, 1991: 221, figs 2–4.– Nunomura,
2005: 68, fig. 4.
Aega koltuni Kussakin, 1967: 228, figs 5, 6; 1982: 74.– Kensley,
200 : 227 (new synonymy).
Aega (Rhamphion) koltuni.– Brusca, 983: .
materiaL examined: Paratype of Aega koltuni (c. 24 mm,
head and pereonite missing), Elephant Island, South
Shetlands, 6 ° 5’S, 57°48’E, 0 June 958, Ob’ stn 460,
370–400 m, coll. Koltunin (LiN RAN 2 N46 4).
Antarctic ross sea and balleny Islands: 2♀ (nonovig.
8.5, 24 mm), 77°05’S, 64° 2’E, 24 January
9 2, 256 m, Terra Nova stn 339 (NMNZ Cr. 093). ♀
(non-ovig. 23 mm), RV Tangaroa stn K0803/29 (NIWA
24004). cape Adare: ♀ (non-ovig. or imm. 2.5 mm),
7 °43.88’S, 7 °45.00’E, 5 February 2004, 45 m, gravel,
small stones, shell, coral (NIWA 23660); ♀ (non-ovig. 23
mm), 7 °43.67’S, 7 °44. 2’E, 5 February 2004, 397–389
m, coral, rubble, shell (NIWA 2366 ); ♀ (non-ovig. 22
mm), 72°08.04’S, 7 °26.92’E, 26 February 2004, 466–438
m, coral and rubble (NIWA 23662). 2♀ (non-ovig. 8.0,
2.5 mm), manca (9.5 mm), southern rookery, Cape
Bird, February 97 , 83 m, sponge and hydroid bottom,
coll. GSK & JKL (AM P4397 ). balleny Islands: ♀
(non-ovig. or imm. 5.0 mm), 67°25.07’S, 63°54.93’E,
4 March 2004, 230–228 m, rubble (NIWA 23663); 2♀
(non-ovig. or imm. 2.0, ovig., damaged [head missing]
~20 mm), 65°24.76’S, 60°53.22’E, 7 March 2004,
4– 5 m (NIWA 23664).
NIwA ‘old’ ross sea collections (specimens not
measured). , Cape Armitage, McMurdo Sound, 20
April 1957, fish trap on seabed under bay ice, 122 m,
stn Z 509 (NIWA 23665); 4, stn 298, Cape Evans,
77°38.0’S, 66°20.0’E, 23 February 958, beam trawl, 24
m, stn Z 5049 (NIWA 23666); , SU 24*, 27 December
958, Loc. E, eel trap, stn Z 5092 (NIWA 23667); (very
poor condition), 3 January 959, Trap A, on surface
(NIWA 23668); 2, A449, 77°05’S, 77° 2’E, January
959, soft gritty mud, 362 m (NIWA 23669; two lots);
2, A457, 77°35’S, 73° 8’E, 6 January 959, (NIWA
23670); ~ 5 (2 lots, poor condition), A456, Pennell
2 6
Bank, 74°30’S, 79°40’E, 5 January 959, 238–30 m
(NIWA 2367 ); , A464, 73°20’S, 73°00’E, 22 January
959, 369–384 m, sand and pebbles (NIWA 23672); 2,
A468, east of Beaufort Is, 76°59’S, 67°36’E, 26 January
959, 0 m (NIWA 23673); 2, A47 , off Cape Evans
and Barne Glacier, 77°37’S, 66°20’E, 6 February 959,
65– 69 m (NIWA 23674); 2, A533, Cape Barne, 77°35’S,
66° 0’E, 6 February 960, #27, 97– 83 m (NIWA
23675); , south of Cape Armitage, McMurdo Sound,
77°5 .90’S, 66°43.23’E, 2 November 96 , Dearborn
loc. 6 D, trap, NIWA stn Z 5098 (NIWA 23696). , Cape
Armitage, 5 February 957, from seal stomach, ‘stn’
379, Transantarctic (N.Z.) Expedition (NIWA 23676);
, south of Hut Point, McMurdo Sound, 77°5 .23’S,
66°39.02’E, 2 May 959, SU 26, Dearborn loc. M, 38
m (D.S.T.), NIWA stn Z 5093 (NIWA 23677); , SU 7,
4 January 960 (NIWA 23678); , SU 20, Cape Evans,
22 January 960, Weddell seal stomach (NIWA 23679);
, south of Hut Point, McMurdo Sound, 77°5 .23’S,
66°39.02’E, 3 September 959, SU 8, Dearborn loc. M,
38 m, NIWA stn Z 5094 (NIWA 23680); , off Arrival
Heights, McMurdo Sound, 77°50.0 ’S, 66°35.92’E,
26 November 959, SU 27, Dearborn loc. S, 64.5 m,
NIWA stn Z 5095 (NIWA 2368 ); , off Hut Point, Mc-
Murdo Sound, 77°5 .05’S, 66°37.50’E, 29 November
959, SU 23, Dearborn loc. P, 57 m, NIWA stn Z 5096
(NIWA 23682); , off Arrival Heights, McMurdo Sound,
77°49.92’S, 66°34.692’E, 6 December 959, SU 2 ,
Dearborn loc. T, surface (NIWA 23683); , 3 June 96
(NIWA 23684); , SN23, 29 June 96 , trap, ½ m net,
Dearborn loc. 6 D, NIWA stn Z 5098 (NIWA 23685);
, 3 August 96 , trap, Dearborn loc. 6 D, NIWA stn
Z 5098 (NIWA 23686); , 28 September 96 , Dearborn
loc. 6 D, trap, NIWA stn Z 5098 (NIWA 23687); 4,
3 October 96 , Dearborn loc. 6 D, trap, NIWA stn
Z 5098 (NIWA 23688); , southeast of Cape Armitage,
McMurdo Sound, 77°5 .99’S, 66°43.23’E, 6 October
96 , 278–290 m, Dearborn loc. 6 B, trap, NIWA stn
Z 5099 (NIWA 23689); (2 lots), 26 October 96 ,
Dearborn loc. 6 D, trap, NIWA stn Z 5098 (NIWA
*The SU prefix indicates the Stanford University Antarctic
invertebrate studies carried out in the Ross Sea in the
period 1958–61. However, the ‘SU’ prefix and number as
recorded on the specimen labels do not relate to anything
in the published station list (Dearborn 967). Similarly the
dated numbers of the format ‘6 D’ could not be related
with any confidence to stations in the former New Zealand
Oceanographic Institute station list (Bullivant 967).
The precise location of the material without coordinates
remains unconfirmed.