Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) dooliba J. L. Barnard 1972

Ceradocus dooliba

DIAGNOSIS.—In alcohol, eyes lacking black pigment; slit of lateral cephalic lobe deep, edges fully appressed, anteroventral corner below slit with small blunt tooth; antenna 1 with 3–4 ventral spines on article 1; simple gland cone of antenna 2 failing slightly to reach full length along article 3 of peduncle; peduncle of antenna 2 reaching fully along article 2 on peduncle of antenna 1; article 3 of mandibular palp about one-half to two-thirds as long as article 1; coxa 1 with lateral ridge highly posteriad (like C. ramsayi), article 4 of gnathopods 1–2 with sharp posteroventral tooth; male gnathopod 2 with simple, oblique, convex palm defined by a weak cusp; posteroventral corner of article 2 on pereopods 3–5 with sharp process but slightly less sharp than in C. serratus; telson with strongly attenuate apices each bearing 3–4 spines, 1 of those spines very elongate and nearly half as long as telson, plus 1 distal feathered seta and 2 basolateral feathered setae; pleonites 1–3 dorsally serrate evenly; pleonite 4 dorsally toothed unevenly, axial line with vestigial tooth, each dorsolateral margin with pair or triad of large teeth, pleonite 5 with midline free of teeth and each dorsolateral margin with pair of large teeth; pleonal epimeron 1 in young specimens (cf. 9.0 mm) with sharp posteroventral tooth, 1 ventral notch, and a few notches above main tooth; epimeron 2 with 2 ventral notches, 1 posterior notch but no sharp tooth; both epimera 1–2 with lateral ridge; adults (15.0 mm+) with epimeron 1 bearing 1 ventral notch and weak posteroventral nob and several waves and notches above corner, epimeron 2 with weak notches on ventral margin and teeth and waves of medium size on posterior margin above corner; epimeron 3 in all stages above 9.0 mm with deep posterior teeth and about 3 teeth on ventral margin.

HOLOTYPE.—NMV, female, 20.3 mm.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Port Phillip 56, Capel Sound, area 68, 25 June 1961.

DISTRIBUTION.—Warm-temperate Australia, mainly sublittoral in bays.

Ceradocus dooliba is a species of amphipod in the subgenus, Denticeradocus, and the family, Maeridae, and was first described in 1972 by Jerry Laurens Barnard. The holotype was collected at Capel Sound in Port Phillip Bay, in the sublittoral zone.