Redescription of five rare caprellids (Crustacea : Amphipoda : Caprellidea) collected from Tanzanian coasts

Five species of the Caprellidea from Tanzania are redescribed and illustrated in detail. Falotritella biscaynensis McCain, 1968 and Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903 had previously been reported only from the northwest Atlantic coast; the present work extends their distribution to the Indian Ocean. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Helgoland Marine Research
Main Author: Guerra García, José Manuel
Other Authors: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022
Subjects:
Caprellidea
New records
Redescriptions
Tanzania
Indian
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://idus.us.es/handle//11441/131806
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Summary:Five species of the Caprellidea from Tanzania are redescribed and illustrated in detail. Falotritella biscaynensis McCain, 1968 and Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903 had previously been reported only from the northwest Atlantic coast; the present work extends their distribution to the Indian Ocean. This study represents the first report on Triprotella amica Arimoto, 1970 since the original description from the Arabian Sea. Protella similis Mayer, 1903 had been found only in Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines prior to this study. Pseudocaprellina pambanensis Sundara Raj, 1927, previously only known from India, is also redescribed.

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