Six new species and three new records of infaunal alpheid shrimps from the genera Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 and Fenneralpheus Felder & Manning, 1986 (Crustacea, Decapoda)
Author
Anker, Arthur
text
Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
46283
10.5281/zenodo.278802
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278802
Leptalpheus felderi
Anker, Vera Caripe & Lira, 2006
Fig. 4
Leptalpheus felderi
Anker, Vera Caripe & Lira 2006
: 688
, figs. 1–5, 6A, B.
Material examined.
1 male
(cl
4.1 mm
),
RMNH
D54559
,
Panama
, Caribbean coast, Bocas del Toro,
Isla
Bastimentos, near main village, seagrass flat near mangrove stands, muddy sand, yabby pump,
0.5–1m
, leg. T. Page, L. Simon-Torati, A. Anker, S. De Grave,
11.08.2008
[fcn 08-213A]; 1 ov. female (cl
3.9 mm
),
OUMNH
.ZC.
2008-14
- 0 121, same collection data [fcn 08-213B].
Description.
See Anker
et al.
(2006).
Size.
The two specimens from Bocas del Toro are, with cl 4.0 mm and
4.2 mm
cl, slightly smaller than the
type
specimens from
Venezuela
, at cl
5.2 –7.6 mm
.
Colour in life.
Semitransparent with reddish chromatophores arranged in very broad dorsal longitudinal band and two narrower lateral longitudinal bands; antennular and antennal peduncles and tail fan abundantly covered with red chromatophores; chelipeds hyaline white; walking legs semitransparent; eggs bright pale green (
Fig. 4
; see also colour photographs in Anker
et al.
2006).
FIGURE 4.
Leptalpheus felderi
Anker, Vera Caripe & Lira, 2006
: A, ovigerous female from Bocas del Toro, Caribbean coast of Panama (OUMNH.ZC. 2008-14-0121), lateral view; B, male from the same locality (RMNH
D54559
), dorsolateral view.
Type
locality.
Venezuela
,
Isla
Margarita.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic:
Venezuela
,
Colombia
(Anker
et al.
2006),
Panama
(present study).
Ecology.
The Bocas del Toro specimens were collected from a burrow of
Upogebia
sp. on a muddy seagrass flat. The host was heavily damaged during the collection process, making a more precise identification impossible. The Venezuelan specimens were associated with burrows of
Upogebia omissa
Gomes Corrêa, 1968 (Anker
et al.
2006)
.
Remarks.
The Panamanian specimens agree well with the
type
specimens from
Venezuela
, although they are somewhat smaller. They do not have a caudal appendix on the uropodal endopod, as in one of the
paratypes
from
Venezuela
(see Anker
et al.
2006, fig. 5C). This species seems to be exclusively associated with species of
Upogebia
.