First record of the family Sphyrapodidae Guţu, 1980 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha) with the description of a new species of Sphyrapus from the Colombian Caribbean

A new sphyrapodid tanaidacean, Sphyrapus caribensis sp. nov. is described and a new record of Kudinopasternakia siegi is reported for the Colombian Caribbean based on samples collected during cruises in 2014–2015. The new species appears to be most closely related to the northeast Atlantic species,...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:PeerJ
Main Authors: Andrés G. Morales-Núñez, Catalina Morales-Ruiz, Néstor E. Ardila
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017
Subjects:
Tanaidacea
Colombia
Kudinopasternakia
Sphyrapus caribensis
Caribbean
Sphyrapodidae
Medicine
R
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Seta
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3947
https://doaj.org/article/ff3654b79fbb487abcd94ba7582315d4
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Summary:A new sphyrapodid tanaidacean, Sphyrapus caribensis sp. nov. is described and a new record of Kudinopasternakia siegi is reported for the Colombian Caribbean based on samples collected during cruises in 2014–2015. The new species appears to be most closely related to the northeast Atlantic species, Sphyrapus malleolus. Sphyrapus caribensis can be distinguished from Sphyrapus malleolus by a combination of characters, including the maxillipedal basis without long distal seta, the number of setae on the distoventral margin of pereopods 1 and 2, and the number of plumose seta on the pleopod basis. A key for the separation of Sphyrapus species is presented.

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