Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae)
A new deep-water species of the snapping shrimp genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 is described from two offshore localities in the northern Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana. Alpheus lentiginosus n. sp. belongs to the A. macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) species group and is most closely related to the wes...
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ftmagnoliapress:oai:ojs.mapress.com:article/11383 2023-05-15T17:08:41+02:00 Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) ANKER, ARTHUR NIZINSKI, MARTHA 2011-06-21 application/pdf https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2925.1.5 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2925.1.5 eng eng Mangolia Press https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2925.1.5/20019 Copyright (c) 2015 Magnolia press Zootaxa; Vol 2925, No 1: 21 Jun. 2011; 49–56 1175-5334 1175-5326 10.11646/zootaxa.2925.1 Crustacea Caridea Alpheidae Alpheus Gulf of Mexico western Atlantic deep-water reefs new species info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftmagnoliapress https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2925.1.5 2019-02-26T15:59:06Z A new deep-water species of the snapping shrimp genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 is described from two offshore localities in the northern Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana. Alpheus lentiginosus n. sp. belongs to the A. macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) species group and is most closely related to the western Atlantic A. pouang Christoffersen, 1979 and A. amblyonyx Chace 1972, the eastern Atlantic A. platydactylus Coutière, 1897 and A. macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835), and perhaps also to the eastern Pacific A. exilis Kim & Abele, 1988. The new species is associated with deep-water soft sediments adjacent to clusters of Lophelia pertusa (L.) (Scleractinia) or mud-covered rocks and cobble, at a depth range of 336–438 m, thus representing the deepest-known record of the Alpheidae in the Gulf of Mexico and the entire western Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lophelia pertusa Magnolia press Pacific Christoffersen ENVELOPE(-45.050,-45.050,-60.733,-60.733) Zootaxa 2925 1 49 |
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A new deep-water species of the snapping shrimp genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 is described from two offshore localities in the northern Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana. Alpheus lentiginosus n. sp. belongs to the A. macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) species group and is most closely related to the western Atlantic A. pouang Christoffersen, 1979 and A. amblyonyx Chace 1972, the eastern Atlantic A. platydactylus Coutière, 1897 and A. macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835), and perhaps also to the eastern Pacific A. exilis Kim & Abele, 1988. The new species is associated with deep-water soft sediments adjacent to clusters of Lophelia pertusa (L.) (Scleractinia) or mud-covered rocks and cobble, at a depth range of 336–438 m, thus representing the deepest-known record of the Alpheidae in the Gulf of Mexico and the entire western Atlantic. |
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Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) |
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Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) |
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Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) |
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Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) |
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Description of a new deep-water species of Alpheus Fabricius, 1798 from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) |
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description of a new deep-water species of alpheus fabricius, 1798 from the gulf of mexico (crustacea, decapoda, alpheidae) |
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