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Idunella nana

  • 1. Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece. chintigl @ bio. auth. gr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2101 - 5979 & Marine & Environmental Research (MER) Lab Ltd, 4533, Limassol, Cyprus.
  • 2. Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology & Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Gournes Pediados, P. O. Box 2214,71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
  • 3. Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William St., Sydney 2010, Australia.
  • 4. T. C. Geomatic Ltd, 1095, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  • 5. Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece. chintigl @ bio. auth. gr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2101 - 5979

Description

12. Idunella nana (Schiecke, 1973)

Materials examined. 2 individuals; Station Vas. 31(2).

Distribution. Mediterranean (Bellan-Santini & Ruffo 2003). The species is reported in Cyprus (Vasiliko bay) for the first time and it is considered to be a rare species (FI: 2.38 %).

Ecology. In Vasiliko Bay it was found at 22 m depth in muddy sand substrate with organic matter being 7.284%, in association with C. prolifera and C. cylindracea. The station was in “moderate” ecological status according to the Bentix Index.

Notes

Published as part of Rousou, Maria, Plaiti, Wanda, Lowry, Jim, Charalambous, Stephanos & Chintiroglou, Chariton Charles, 2020, Amphipoda species (Suborders: Amphilochidea and Senticaudata) from Vasiliko Bay, Cyprus: New records, information on their biogeography and an annotated checklist from the coasts of Cyprus, pp. 373-408 in Zootaxa 4896 (3) on page 385, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4383886

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References

  • Schiecke U. (1973) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Systematik, Biologie und Autokologie mariner Peracarida (Amphipoda, Isopoda, Tanadaicea) des Golfes von Neapel. Inaugural Dissertation. Mathematik Naturwissenschaften Fakulte Christian-Albrechts Universite, Kiel, 408 pp.
  • Bellan-Santini, D. & Ruffo, S. (2003) Biogeography of benthic marine amphipods in Mediterranean Sea. Biogeographia-The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 24 (1), 273 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.21426 / B 6110176