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Salmoneus setosus Manning & Chace 1990

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Description

Salmoneus setosus Manning & Chace, 1990

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Salmoneus setosus Manning & Chace, 1990: 17.

Material examined: 2 ovig. females, MNRJ 17890, Brazil, Atol das Rocas, northeast part of atoll, between Barretão and Barretinha, Pedra de Tartaruga, in calcareous algae, depth 10 m, coll. F.B. Pitombo and R. Barroso, 24 Dec 2000 [1 specimen dissected]; 1 ovig. female, MNHN-Na 13626, Brazil, Fernando do Noronha, coll. Rallier du Baly, 1913.

Description: See Manning & Chace (1990).

Colour: Unknown.

Size: The larger of the two AR specimens has CL 3.1 mm, TL 8.7 mm; the specimen from Fernando do Noronha has CL 3.7 mm, TL 10.2 mm. CL of the Ascension specimens ranged from 1.2 to 2.0 mm (Manning & Chace, 1990).

Ecology: The specimens from Atol das Rocas were extracted from crevices in calcareous algae that were collected at a depth of 10 m. The type series from Ascension Island was collected in tide pools (probably under rocks or among calcareous algae).

Type locality: Ascension Island.

Distribution: Central Atlantic: Ascension Island (Manning & Chace, 1990). Western Atlantic: Brazil: Atol das Rocas and Fernando do Noronha (present study).

Other

Published as part of Anker, Arthur, 2007, New species and records of alpheid shrimps, genera Salmoneus Holthuis and Parabetaeus Coutière, from the tropical western Atlantic (Decapoda, Caridea), pp. 21-39 in Zootaxa 1653 on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179791

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Biodiversity

Family
Alpheidae
Genus
Salmoneus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Manning & Chace
Species
setosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Salmoneus setosus Manning, 1990 sec. Anker, 2007

References

  • Manning, R. B. & Chace, F. A. Jr. (1990) Decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 503, i - v, 1 - 91.