Synalpheus bousfieldi Chace 1972
Description
Synalpheus bousfieldi Chace 1972
Material examined. Barbados: 8 ovigerous females, 1 non-ovigerous individual (VIMS 08BR3701, 3801–2, 4501, 4601, 4701–2, 4801, 5101), Brandon’s Beach, from Agelas clathrodes. Largest ovigerous female, CL 3.67 mm, largest non-ovigerous individual, CL 3.43 mm.
Color. Ovigerous females had ovaries that ranged in color from pinkish-brown to a brownish brick red, with embryo color ranging from pink to brick red.
Hosts and ecology. In Barbados, S. bousfieldi only occurred in Agelas clathrodes from a single site. S. bousfieldi commonly occurs in Hyattella intestinalis in Belize (Macdonald et al. 2006) and Curaçao (Hultgren et al. 2010), but was never found in this sponge in Barbados.
Distribution. Bahamas (Dardeau 1984); Cuba (Martínez Iglesias & García Raso 1999); Gulf of Mexico (Dardeau 1984); Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (Chace 1972); Belize (Macdonald & Duffy 2006; Ríos & Duffy 2007); Curaçao (Hultgren et al. 2010); Barbados (this study); possibly Brazil (Christoffersen 1979, 1998).
Remarks. Synalpheus bousfieldi can be distinguished from other morphologically similar species in the S. brooksi complex occurring in Barbados by the tuft of setae on the minor chela (forming a thick brush in S. bousfieldi vs. with two parallel rows in S. thele), the typical third and fourth pereopods (vs. with thin lateral flanges in S. androsi), and the shape of the dorsal projection on the major chela (pointing downwards in S. bousfieldi vs. pointing forwards in S. idios).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.208079 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFDCFFE0FFFFFFC43304FF82CC22FFCD (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03E58798FFFBFFC13393F9FCCD8EFE61 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119398517 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/47458/taxon/03E58798FFFBFFC13393F9FCCD8EFE61.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Alpheidae
- Genus
- Synalpheus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Decapoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Chace
- Species
- bousfieldi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Synalpheus bousfieldi Chace, 1972 sec. Hultgren, Iii & Duffy, 2011
References
- Chace, F. A. (1972) The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean expeditions with a summary of the West Indian shallowwater species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 98, 1 - 179.
- Dardeau, M. R. (1984) Synalpheus shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). I. The Gambarelloides group, with a description of a new species. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, 7, 1 - 125.
- Martinez Iglesias, J. C. & Garcia Raso, J. E. (1999) The crustacean decapod communities of three coral reefs from the southwestern Caribbean Sea of Cuba: species composition, abundance and structure of the communities. Bulletin of Marine Science, 65, 539 - 557.
- Rios, R. & Duffy, J. E. (2007) A review of the sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, with description of Zuzalpheus, new genus, and six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zootaxa, 1602, 3 - 89.
- Christoffersen, M. L. (1979) Campagne de la Calypso au large des cotes Atlantiques de l'Amerique du Sud (1961 - 1962), I. 36. Decapod Crustacea: Alpheoida. Resultats Scientifiques des Campagnes de la Calypso, 11. Annales de L'Institut Oceanographique, 55, 297 - 377.
- Christoffersen, M. L. (1998) Malacostraca, Eucarida, Caridea, Crangonoidea and Alpheoidea (except Glyphocrangonidae and Crangonidae). In: Young, P. S. (Editor), Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. Serie Livros, 6, 351 - 372.