First record of Naushonia sp. (Decapoda: Laomediidae) larva from the Equatorial Atlantic

The first zoeal-stage larva of a possibly new species of mud shrimp Naushonia (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Laomediidae) was described from plankton samples taken off the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, being the first occurrence at the oceanic islands of the Equatorial Atlantic. Five zoea I larvae were obt...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: DE ALBUQUERQUE LIRA, SIMONE MARIA, DE SANTANA, CLAUDEILTON SEVERINO, SCHWAMBORN, RALF
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2018
Subjects:
Crustacea
Decapod crustacean larvae
Fernando de Noronha Archipelago
Laomediidae
mud shrimp
new records
tropical oceanic islands
zooplankton
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4387.1.9
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4387.1.9
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Summary:The first zoeal-stage larva of a possibly new species of mud shrimp Naushonia (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Laomediidae) was described from plankton samples taken off the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, being the first occurrence at the oceanic islands of the Equatorial Atlantic. Five zoea I larvae were obtained and dissected for observation of mouthparts. This zoea I of Naushonia sp. is well distinguished from the first larvae of N. portoricensis (Rathbun 1901) from the Caribbean and N. cangronoides (Kingsley 1897) from the Northwest Atlantic in terms of development and setation of appendages, and possibly belongs to a new, undescribed species. The present study widens the knowledge on tropical oceanic decapod larvae and provides detailed drawings and new photographic illustrations with extended depth of field of these organisms.

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