Paragrubia vorax Chevreux 1901

Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901

(Fig. 60)

Paragrubia vorax Chevreux, 1901: 427 –431, figs 50–55.—Walker, 1905: 930.—Walker, 1909: 343.—Schellenberg, 1938: 90.—Ruffo, 1938: 173–174, fig. v.—Ruffo, 1969: 63.—J.L. Barnard, 1955: 31–34, fig. 17 (with references).—J.L. Barnard, 1970: 61, fig. 32.—Griffiths, 1973: 278, fig. 5.—Griffiths, 1976: 25 (key).—Ledoyer, 1967: 135, fig. 23.— Ledoyer, 1982: 138–140, fig. 48.— Myers, 1986a: 287.—Myers, 1989: 66.—Myers, 1990: 153.—Myers, 1995: 38.— Myers, 1997: 108.—Appadoo & Steele, 1998: 639.—Appadoo & Myers, 2004: 347–348.—Ren, 2001: 72.—Ren, 2006: 232–234, fig. 89.

Not P. v o r ax —Myers, 1985: 33, figs 24–25 (following Ren, 2006, accepted as P. latipoda).

Type locality. Mahe, Seychelle Islands, Indian Ocean.

Material examined. Norfolk Island: Male, 11 mm, dissected, 4 slides, MAGNT Cr017887, Emily Bay (29°03’48”S 167°57’18”E), 0–0.25 m, 18 April 1984, coll. H.K. Larson; 5 specimens, MAGNT Cr017888, Emily Bay (29°03’48”S 167°57’18”E), depth unknown, 18 April 1984, coll. H.K. Larson; male, 10.5 mm, dissected, 3 slides, AM P.90280,’The Wall’ dive site, Nepean Island (29°04’18”S 167°57’41”E), 10 m, tufted red and brown algae, 15 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 43); 2 specimens, AM P.81547, ‘The Wall’ dive site, Nepean Island (29°04’18”S 167°57’41”E), 10 m, tufted red and brown algae, 15 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 43); 1 specimen, AM P.81546, east of Sail Rock, Phillip Island (29°06’55”S 167°57’31”E), 10.6 m, red algae with encrusting fauna, 14 May 2008, coll. L.E. Hughes (MI NFK 23); 1 specimen, AM P.81548, Swiss Cheese Reef, near Kingston wharf (29°00’23”S 167°56’50”E), 15 m, red algae, 15 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 40); 1 specimen, AM P.81549, Swiss Cheese Reef, near Kingston wharf (29°00’23”S 167°56’50”E), 15 m, large pieces of rubble with tufted algae from vertical surface, 19 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 77); 1 specimen, AM P.81550, Swiss Cheese Reef, near Kinston Wharf (29°00’23”S 167°56’50”E), 12 m, brown alga Dictyota sp., 19 May 2008, coll. J.K. Lowry (MI NFK 78).

Distribution. Seychelles Islands (Chevreux 1901); Red Sea (Ruffo 1938; 1969); Mauritius (Appadoo & Myers 2004); southern Africa (Griffiths 1973; 1976); South China Sea (Ren 2001; 2006); Hawaiian Islands (J.L. Barnard 1970); Society Island (Myers 1989); Kosrae (1995); Cook Islands (Myers 1990); Tonga (Myers 1986b); Western Samoa (Myers 1997); Norfolk Island (current study).