Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing 1905

• Main Authors: Cházaro-Olvera, Sergio, Winfield, Ignacio, Ortiz, Manuel, Álvarez, Fernando
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2002
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Sphaeromatidae; Sphaeroma; Sphaeroma walkeri; Indian; Morton; Mak; Ortiz; Hutchinson Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5685548; https://zenodo.org/record/5685548

Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing, 1905 Material Examined : CNCR­ 20403; number of specimens: 2; SM station; collection date: 16 / 10 / 98. Type locality : Sri Lanka Distribution : This species occurs on eastern Florida (Camp et al. , 1977; Nelson & Demetriades, 1992); the Gulf of Mexico (Kensley & Schotte, 1989; Nelson & Demetriades, 1992); Puerto Rico, Brazil (Nelson & Demetriades, 1992); the California coast (Carlton & Iverson, 1981), Hawaii (Nelson & Demetriades, 1992); Hong Kong (Mak et al . 1985); Australia, India, Sri Lanka, the Red Sea and Africa (Nelson & Demetriades, 1992; Kensley & Schotte, 2000). Range extension : In the Gulf of Mexico, Sphaeroma walkeri has been recorded from the western Florida and Texas coasts (Kensley & Schotte, 1989; Nelson & Demetriades, 1992). The presence of S. walkeri at SM inlet, extends its geographic distribution to Tamaulipas State, Mexico. Remarks : This species has mangrove roots and dead trees as preferred habitats (Kensley et al . 1995), but may also be associated with colonies of sabellariid worms (Nelson & Demetriades, 1992). It occurs in marine, shallow, intertidal warm waters and probably it is limited to a pantropical distribution (Kensley & Schotte, 1989, 2000). The salinity and temperature ranges measured at site were 24 to 26 %o and 27 to 28 °C, respectively. : Published as part of Cházaro-Olvera, Sergio, Winfield, Ignacio, Ortiz, Manuel & Álvarez, Fernando, 2002, Peracarid crustaceans from three inlets in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico: new records and range extensions, pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 123 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155951 : {"references": ["Camp. D. K., N. H. Whiting and R. E. Martin (1977) Nearshore marine ecology at Hutchinson Island, Florida: 1971 - 1974. V. Arthropods. Florida Marine Research Publications 25, 1 - 63.", "Nelson, W. G. & Demetriades, L. (1992) Peracarids associated with sabellariid worm rock (Phragmatopoma lapidosa Kinberg) at Sebastian inlet, Florida, U. S. A. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 12 (4), 647 - 654.", "Kensley, B. & Schotte, M. (1989) Guide to the marine isopod crustaceans of the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, 308 pp.", "Carlton, J. T. & Iverson, E. W. (1981) Biogeography and natural history of Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing (Crustacea: Isopoda) and its introduction to San Diego Bay, California. Journal of Natural History, 15 (1), 31 - 48.", "Mak, P. M. S., Huang, Z. G. & Morton, B. S. (1985) Sphaeroma walkeri Stebbing (Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) introduced into and established in Hong Kong. Crustaceana, 49 (1), 75 - 82.", "Kensley, B. & Schotte, M. (2000) World list of marine and freswater Crustacea Isopoda. Smithsonian Institution, 106 p. Gopher: // nmnhgoph. si. edu / 00 /. docs / isoaqua _ info / about.", "Kensley, B., Nelson, W. G. & Schotte, M. (1995) Marine isopod biodiversity of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science, 57 (1), 136 - 142."]}