Synalpheus belizensis Anker & Toth 2008
| Main Authors: | Hultgren, Kristin M., Macdonald Iii, Kenneth S., Duffy, J. Emmett |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2010
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5314041 |
Daftar Isi:
- Synalpheus belizensis Anker & Tóth, 2008 (Pl. 1D–F) Material examined. Curaçao: 1 individual (VIMS 08CU3602), Caracas Baai, no host found. 2 ov. females, 7 non-ov. individuals (VIMS 08CU11101, 11201–2), Caracas Baai, from the canals of Xestospongia proxima. 1 ov. female, 1 non-ov. individual (VIMS 08CU3701–2), Caracas Baai, from the canals of Xestospongia sp. “soft ”. 1 ov. female, 3 non-ov. individuals (VIMS 08CU2903, 08CU10501, 11502), Caracas Baai, from the canals of Xestospongia subtriangularis. 1 non-ov. individual (VIMS 08CU12102), Eastpunt, no host found. 1 non-ov. individual (VIMS 08CU12801), Eastpunt, from the canals of Xestospongia sp. “soft ”. 1 non-ov. individual (VIMS 08CU9301), Piscadera Baai east, no host found. 7 ov. females, 6 non-ov. individuals (VIMS 08CU9103, 9401, 9501–2, 9701, 10001–2), Piscadera Baai east, from the canals of Xestospongia subtriangularis. 1 ov. female, 1 non-ov. individual (VIMS 08CU8001–2), Scary Steps, from the canals of Xestospongia proxima. 1 ov. female, 1 non-ov. individual (VIMS 08CU4902–3), Westpunt, from the canals of Xestospongia proxima. Largest ov. female, CL 4.9 mm, largest non-ov. individual, CL 4.8 mm. Color. Body translucent, females with bright orange-yellow embryos and ovaries. Hosts and ecology. In Curaçao, S. belizensis was most often found in sponges in the genus Xestospongia, similar to other locations (Anker & Tóth 2008; Macdonald et al. 2009). Non-ovigerous S. belizensis individuals that could not be definitively assigned to a sponge host (i.e., no host found) were always found in pieces of rubble that contained Xestospongia spp. Distribution. Belize (Anker & Tóth 2008); Jamaica (Macdonald et al. 2009); Curaçao (this study). Remarks. S. belizensis individuals collected from Curaçao had particularly distinctive scaphocerite blades, extending from 50% to 80% the length of the scaphocerite lateral spine. This distinctive character easily distinguished S. belizensis from the closely related species Synalpheus bocas (which always lacks a blade) also found in our surveys in Curaçao.
- Published as part of Hultgren, Kristin M., Macdonald Iii, Kenneth S. & Duffy, J. Emmett, 2010, Sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps of Curaçao, with descriptions of three new species *, pp. 221-262 in Zootaxa 2372 (1) on page 227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.20, http://zenodo.org/record/5306751