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Bannereus chani sp. nov. (Caridea: Alpheidae) is described based on a single female specimen collected off south-eastern Taiwan, at a depth of 301-356 m, being the second only species in the genus Bannereus Bruce, 1988. The ovigerous female holotype of the new species differs from the female holotype of B. anomalus Bruce 1988, the type species of the genus, by a series of important morphological characters, for instance, on the major cheliped and third pereiopod, strongly indicating that they represent two distinct species. The non-type male specimen tentatively identified as B. anomalus by Bruce (1988) may well belong to the new species, since it differs from the holotype of B. anomalus essentially by the same criteria as the female holotype of B. chani sp. nov. In addition, B. anomalus is newly recorded from the New Caledonian side of the Coral Sea.
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Decápodes , Distribuição Animal , Estruturas Animais , Animais , Masculino , ÁguaRESUMO
The recently described alpheid genus Triacanthoneus Anker, 2010 is reassessed based on new material from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Panama, and the southern Gulf of Mexico. Salmoneus armatus Anker, 2010 is tentatively transferred to Triacanthoneus and the latter genus is redefined. A new eastern Pacific species of Triacanthoneus is described based on a single specimen collected by scuba diving off Coiba Island on the Pacific coast of Panama. Triacanthoneus blanca sp. nov. is closely related to its only eastern Pacific congener, T. pacificus Anker, 2010, which is reported for the first time from the Las Perlas Islands in the Gulf of Panama. Morphological variation in T. toro Anker, 2010 is discussed on the basis of new topotypical material from Bocas del Toro, Panama, and a single specimen tentatively reported as T. cf. toro from Sisal, Mexico. An identification key to the seven currently known species of Triacanthoneus, with updated distributional and ecological information, as well as high-resolution colour photographs of four species are also provided.
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Decápodes , Distribuição Animal , Estruturas Animais , AnimaisRESUMO
A new, conspicuously coloured species of the alpheid genus Synalpheus Spence Bate, 1888, is described based on material collected on the Pacific coast of Panama. Synalpheus pinkfloydi sp. nov. is closely related to the western Atlantic S. antillensis Coutière, 1909, the two taxa being transisthmian, cryptic sister species. Both species are characterised by the distal areas of their major and minor chelae coloured in an intense, almost glowing pink-red. The morphological differences between S. pinkfloydi sp. nov. and S. antillensis Coutière, 1909 are subtle, being limited to the slightly different proportions of the merus of both chelipeds, distodorsal armature of the major cheliped merus, relative length of the antennal scaphocerite, and body size. However, they are genetically different with a 10.2% sequence divergence in COI. Based on molecular clock estimates, these transisthmian taxa diverged around 6.8-7.8 mya, i.e. well before the final closure of the Isthmus of Panama 2.5-3 mya.
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Decápodes , Distribuição Animal , Estruturas Animais , Animais , PanamáRESUMO
Alpheopsis keijii sp. nov. is described on the basis of material collected between 90 and 487 m in Japan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Réunion Island. The new species belongs to the A. trispinosa species group and is morphologically closest to A. trispinosa (Stimpson, 1860), A. garricki Yaldwyn, 1971, A. shearmii (Alcock & Anderson, 1899), and especially A. africana Holthuis, 1952. Field data indicates that A. keijii sp. nov. may be associated with deep-water sponge grounds. A provisional key to the currently known species of the A. trispinosa group is provided.
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Decápodes , Distribuição Animal , Estruturas Animais , Animais , Tamanho Corporal , Japão , Papua Nova Guiné , Filipinas , Reunião , ÁguaRESUMO
Intersex specimens of Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767) are recorded for the first time and their secondary sexual characters are analyzed. Of 145 specimens of P. longicornis examined in this study, six were identified as intersex individuals. Of these, three presented male secondary sexual characters, well-developed male gonopores and rudimentary female gonopores, whereas the other three had female secondary sexual characters, with female gonopores being more pronounced than the male ones. The present study provides the first record of intersex porcelain crabs. (AU)
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Animais , Organismos Hermafroditas , Decápodes , Reprodução , Crustáceos , Sexo , Crescimento e DesenvolvimentoRESUMO
Intersex specimens of Pisidia longicornis (Linnaeus, 1767) are recorded for the first time and their secondary sexual characters are analyzed. Of 145 specimens of P. longicornis examined in this study, six were identified as intersex individuals. Of these, three presented male secondary sexual characters, well-developed male gonopores and rudimentary female gonopores, whereas the other three had female secondary sexual characters, with female gonopores being more pronounced than the male ones. The present study provides the first record of intersex porcelain crabs.
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Animais , Decápodes , Organismos Hermafroditas , Reprodução , Crescimento e Desenvolvimento , Crustáceos , SexoRESUMO
Ocypode quadrata is a crab species distributed from United States of America to Brazil which is frequently found in supratidal zones of sandy beaches, where they built burrows. The counting of the number of burrows allows sample of both population densities and spatial distribution of individuals. To study these parameters of O. quadrata in Vila Dois Rios, southeastern Brazil, were delimited plots (3.14 m2) to distances from nearest backshore vegetation that varied from 1 to 10 m (60 plots = 188.4 m2). Burrows density in Vila Dois Rios was 0.67 burrows/m2 (126 burrows). The density of burrows of this species might vary influenced by local environmental factors (e.g. tides). The distances of the burrows from the vegetation and the diameter of its openings averaged 357.1 ± 272.7 cm (N = 83) and 15.1 ± 8.3 mm (N = 83), respectively. Larger burrow openings were built near thevegetation. It is possible that larger-sized individuals might exclude smaller ones from this region which may have more protection against energy of tides and flooding and a potential higher availability of food resources. Moreover, smaller-sized crabs might occupy areas near the sea due to lesser capacity of excavation than adults and/or to avoid the risk of desiccation due to their high surface/volume ratio. This study in Vila Dois Rios reinforces the occurrence of the construction of burrows near to the vegetation by larger O. quadrata.(AU)
Ocypode quadrata é uma espécie de caranguejo distribuída desde os Estados Unidos da América até o Brasil frequentemente encontrada em zonas supratidais de praias arenosas, onde constroem tocas. A contagem do número de tocas permite amostrar densidades populacionais e a distribuição espacial dos indivíduos. Para estudar estes parâmetros de O. quadrata em Vila Dois Rios, sudeste do Brasil, foram delimitadas parcelas (3.14 m2) a distâncias a partir davegetação pós-praia que variaram de 1 a 10 m (60 plots = 188.4 m2). A densidade de tocas em Vila Dois Rios foi de 0.67 tocas/m2(126 tocas). A densidade de tocas desta espécie pode variar influenciada por fatores ambientais locais (e.g. marés). A distância dos abrigos a partir da vegetação pós-praia e a largura das aberturas dos abrigos mediram 357,1 ± 272,7 cm (N = 83) e 15,1 ± 8,3mm (N = 83), respectivamente. Tocas com aberturas maiores foram construídas próximas à vegetação. É possível que indivíduos maiores possam excluir aqueles menores desta região que oferece maior proteção contra a energia das marés e inundações e uma potencial maior disponibilidade de recursos alimentares. Além disso, caranguejos menores podem ocupar áreas mais próximas ao mar devido à sua menor capacidade de escavação do que a de adultos e/ou para evitar os riscos de dessecação devido à sua relativa maior relação superfície/volume. Este estudo em Vila Dois Rios reforça a ocorrência da construção de tocas próximas à vegetação por indivíduos maiores O. quadrata.(AU)
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Animais , Decápodes , Distribuição AnimalRESUMO
Ocypode quadrata is a crab species distributed from United States of America to Brazil which is frequently found in supratidal zones of sandy beaches, where they built burrows. The counting of the number of burrows allows sample of both population densities and spatial distribution of individuals. To study these parameters of O. quadrata in Vila Dois Rios, southeastern Brazil, were delimited plots (3.14 m2) to distances from nearest backshore vegetation that varied from 1 to 10 m (60 plots = 188.4 m2). Burrows density in Vila Dois Rios was 0.67 burrows/m2 (126 burrows). The density of burrows of this species might vary influenced by local environmental factors (e.g. tides). The distances of the burrows from the vegetation and the diameter of its openings averaged 357.1 ± 272.7 cm (N = 83) and 15.1 ± 8.3 mm (N = 83), respectively. Larger burrow openings were built near thevegetation. It is possible that larger-sized individuals might exclude smaller ones from this region which may have more protection against energy of tides and flooding and a potential higher availability of food resources. Moreover, smaller-sized crabs might occupy areas near the sea due to lesser capacity of excavation than adults and/or to avoid the risk of desiccation due to their high surface/volume ratio. This study in Vila Dois Rios reinforces the occurrence of the construction of burrows near to the vegetation by larger O. quadrata.
Ocypode quadrata é uma espécie de caranguejo distribuída desde os Estados Unidos da América até o Brasil frequentemente encontrada em zonas supratidais de praias arenosas, onde constroem tocas. A contagem do número de tocas permite amostrar densidades populacionais e a distribuição espacial dos indivíduos. Para estudar estes parâmetros de O. quadrata em Vila Dois Rios, sudeste do Brasil, foram delimitadas parcelas (3.14 m2) a distâncias a partir davegetação pós-praia que variaram de 1 a 10 m (60 plots = 188.4 m2). A densidade de tocas em Vila Dois Rios foi de 0.67 tocas/m2(126 tocas). A densidade de tocas desta espécie pode variar influenciada por fatores ambientais locais (e.g. marés). A distância dos abrigos a partir da vegetação pós-praia e a largura das aberturas dos abrigos mediram 357,1 ± 272,7 cm (N = 83) e 15,1 ± 8,3mm (N = 83), respectivamente. Tocas com aberturas maiores foram construídas próximas à vegetação. É possível que indivíduos maiores possam excluir aqueles menores desta região que oferece maior proteção contra a energia das marés e inundações e uma potencial maior disponibilidade de recursos alimentares. Além disso, caranguejos menores podem ocupar áreas mais próximas ao mar devido à sua menor capacidade de escavação do que a de adultos e/ou para evitar os riscos de dessecação devido à sua relativa maior relação superfície/volume. Este estudo em Vila Dois Rios reforça a ocorrência da construção de tocas próximas à vegetação por indivíduos maiores O. quadrata.