Synalpheus bocas Anker & Toth 2008
| Main Authors: | Anker, Arthur, Pachelle, Paulo P. G., Grave, Sammy De, Hultgren, Kristin M. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2012
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https://zenodo.org/record/5462479 |
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- Synalpheus bocas Anker & Tóth, 2008 Synalpheus bocas Anker & Tóth 2008: 17, figs 10, 11, 14E–H; Macdonald et al. 2009: 11, pls. 1D, 2A, B; Hultgren et al. 2010: 227, pl. 2A, B. Material examined. Honduras: 1 male, 1 female, OUMNH. ZC.2007-20-197, Utila, Jack Neil Cove, 16°04.590’N 086°56.318’W, 15 m, in Ailochroia crassa, coll. S. De Grave & A. Anker, 02.07.2007 [fcn H-51B]. Description. For detailed description and illustrations see Anker & Tóth (2008). Size range. The male and female from Utila, at 2.4 mm cl and 3.9 mm cl, respectively, are smaller than the type specimens from Panama, at 4.9 mm cl for the largest male and 5.8 mm cl for the largest female (Anker & Tóth 2008). Colour in life. Mostly semitransparent, with faint red spotting, major chela distally pale orange; eggs green (Anker & Tóth 2008; Macdonald et al. 2009). Type locality. Bocas del Toro, Panama. Distribution. Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea: Panama [Bocas del Toro, Isla Grande], Curaçao, Jamaica [Discovery Bay, Rio Bueno], Honduras [Utila] (Anker & Tóth 2008; Macdonald et al. 2009; Hultgren et al. 2010; present study; see map in Fig. 51). Ecology. Coral reefs and adjacent coral rubble beds with abundance of sponges; depth range: 0.5–15 m; the Utila specimens were found in a sponge identified in the field as Aiolochroia crassa; however, this sponge identification remains questionable since in Panama, Curaçao and Jamaica, S. bocas is normally associated with sponges of the genus Xestospongia, e.g., X. rosariensis, X. proxima and X. subtriangularis (Anker & Tóth 2008; Macdonald et al. 2009). Remarks. The Utila specimens appear to be relatively young individuals of S. bocas, but with all diagnostic characters of the species, including the absence of a blade on the scaphocerite. Both were infested with unidentified abdominal isopods (Bopyridae, Hemiarthrinae).
- Published as part of Anker, Arthur, Pachelle, Paulo P. G., Grave, Sammy De & Hultgren, Kristin M., 2012, 3598, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 3598 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3598.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5694454