Updated checklist and identification key of benthic tanaidaceans (Crustacea Peracarida) of the sublittoral zone of the northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Author
Abarca-Ávila, Mónica Mariel
Author
Herrera-Dorantes, María Teresa
Author
Winfield, Ignacio
Author
Ardisson, Pedro-Luis
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-13
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♣
Parapseudes
sp.
Material examined.
TA
: 136 individuals.
CNCR
35347. Tr-Loc:
Madagascar
,
Yucatan
,
Mexico
,
21°26’30.12’’N
90°17’25.9’’W
, 136 individuals,
29 May 2012
, coll. GR,
IW
, MA,
UP
, collected at
15 m
depth. These specimens were collected in sponges such as
A. crassa
,
C. foliacea
,
M. arbuscula
,
Mycale
(
Arenochalina
)
laxissima
(Duchassaing & Michelotti)
, algae such as
C. cervicornis
. The abundance of females and males was not recorded for this species.
Local distribution.
Consult
Cházaro-Olvera
et al.
(2018)
.
Geographical distribution.
Atlantic Ocean: southern of
Florida
; Caribbean Sea: Puerto
Morelos
Reef National Park
,
Quintana Roo
.
Recognition characters
. Rostrum rounded with a spine in the middle; pleonites without setal band in dorsal region.
Remarks.
This species occurs in carbonate substrata associated with live bottom and coral reef habitats, algae and coral rubble, at depths
1 to
30 m
.
References.
Heard
et al
. (2004)
;
Monroy-Velázquez
et al
. (2017)
;
Winfield
et al
. (2017)
;
Cházaro-Olvera
et al
. (2018)
.