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Ericthonius punctatus

  • 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

41. Ericthonius punctatus (Spence Bate, 1857)

Materials examined. 24 individuals; Stations Vas. 9(7), 13(4), 17(1), 30(1), 32(8), 37(1), 40(2).

Distribution. Atlanto-Mediterranean. The species was reported from Cyprus by Kocatas et al. (2001) and Christodoulou et al. (2013). In Vasiliko Bay (current study), it is considered as a rare species (FI: 16.6 %).

Ecology. In Vasiliko Bay it was found at depths of 7–35 m (14 + 10 m), in sandy and muddy sand substrates with organic matter ranging between 2.2–6.462 % (3.996 + 1.725 %) and in association with C. nodosa. It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix Index as in: “high” (2 stations, 10 individuals), “good” (3 stations, 12 individuals) and “moderate” (2 stations, 2 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 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4383886

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References

  • Spence Bate, C. S. (1857) On a new amphipod: Iphimedia eblanae. The Natural History Review, 4, 229 - 230.
  • 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
  • Christodoulou, M., Paraskevopoulou, S., Syranidou, E. & Koukouras, A. (2013) The amphipod (Crustacea: Peracarida) fauna of the Aegean Sea, and comparison with those of the neighbouring seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93 (5), 1303 - 1327. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 002531541200183 X