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Apherusa chiereghinii Giordani-Soika 1950

  • 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

34. Apherusa chiereghinii Giordani-Soika, 1950

Materials examined. 25 individuals; Stations Vas. 2(2), 5(5), 7(1), 9(1), 12(2), 13(2), 14(2), 17(2), 18(1), 21(2), 24(2), 36(1), 39(1), 41(1).

Distribution. Mediterranean (Bellan-Santini & Ruffo 2003), Black Sea (WoRMS). The species was reported from Cyprus by Kocatas et al. (2001). In Vasiliko Bay (current study), it is considered as a common species (FI: 33.3 %).

Ecology. Apherusa chiereghinii was found in association with algae and on soft sediments (mud, mud and sand mixture) at 0–45 m depth (Kocatas et al. 2001). In Vasiliko Bay it was found at 4–58 m depth (30 + 18 m), in sandy and muddy sand substrates with organic matter ranging between 2.2–6–11.119 % (5.543 + 2.826 %) and in association with C. prolifera, C. cylindracea, C. nodosa, Dictyota spp. and H. stipulacea. It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix Index as in: “high” (2 stations, 4 individuals), “good” (7 stations, 14 individuals) and “moderate” (5 stations, 7 individuals). It was recorded at the power station outlet (2 individuals) and fish farm stations (8 individuals).

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 390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4383886

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References

  • Giordani-Soika, A. (1950) Gli Anfipodi gammarini della laguna di Venezia. Archivio di Oceanograja e Limnologia, 6 (2 - 3), 165 - 212.
  • 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
  • Kocatas, A., Katagan, T. & Huseyin. A. B. (2001) Contribution to the knowledge of the crustacean fauna of Cyprus. Israel Journal of Zoology, 47 (2), 147 - 160. https: // doi. org / 10.1560 / YQL 8 - 4 PBT- 12 W 2 - 82 HV