Notes on amphipods associated with loggerhead marine turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in south-eastern Brazil

Abstract The loggerhead marine turtle is an ideal substrate for epibionts and presents the highest diversity of associated fauna among marine turtles. Here we report the occurrence of two amphipod species, Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux and Guerne, 1888) from the...

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Published in:Nauplius
Main Authors: Tammy Iwasa-Arai, Hugo Gallo Neto, Raquel Beneton Ferioli, Max Rondon Werneck
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2020
Subjects:
Caprella andreae
epibiosis
loggerhead marine turtle
Podocerus cheloniphilus
Science
Q
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Zoology
QL1-991
Chevreux
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2020034
https://doaj.org/article/4ee76067d73d443caff0f3338f9a6356
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Summary:Abstract The loggerhead marine turtle is an ideal substrate for epibionts and presents the highest diversity of associated fauna among marine turtles. Here we report the occurrence of two amphipod species, Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux and Guerne, 1888) from the carapace of one stranded Caretta caretta (Linnaeus , 1758) in Ubatuba, São Paulo state, Brazil. This is the first record of P. cheloniphilus for Brazil and for the South Atlantic Ocean.

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