Hourstonius wakabarae sp. nov. (Amphipoda, Amphilochidae) from the southeastern coast of Brazil

Leite, Fosca Pedini Pereira; Siqueira, Silvana Gomes Leite

Abstract

A new species of Hourstonius is described from the northern coast of São Paulo State. Hourstonius wakabarae sp. nov. is distinguished from the other species of the genus by the morphology and the size of the accessory flagellum of antenna 1, the articles of antennae 1 and 2, the mandibular molar, and the telson. The new species H. wakabarae lives associated with macroalgae growing on rocky shores, especially the brown alga Sargassum, at depths up to 2-3 m. This is the first species of the genus Hourstonius recorded from Brazilian waters.

Amphipoda; Amphilochidae; Hourstonius; Macroalgae; Taxonomy

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Bousfield, E.L. 1979. A revised classification and phylogeny of amphipod crustaceans. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series 4(16): 343-390.
Coleman, C.O. 2003. "Digital inking". How to make perfect line drawings on computers? Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 3(14): 1-14.
Della Valle, A. 1893. Gammarini del Golfo di Napoli. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 20: 1-948.
Kim, C.B. and Kim, W. 1992. A new species of the genus Gitanopsis (Amphipoda, Amphilochidae) from Korea. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 8(2): 183-188.
Kim, Y-H.; Hendrycks, E.A. and Lee, K-S. 2010. A new species and new record of the Amphilochidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Korea. Zootaxa, 2477: 21-36.
Hirayama, A. and Takeuchi, I. 1993. New species and new Japanese records of the Gammaridea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Matsukawa-ura Inlet, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 36(3): 141-178.
Hoover, P.M. and Bousfield, E.L. 2001. The amphipod superfamily Leucothoidea on the Pacific coast of North America: family Amphilochidae: systematics and distributional ecology. Amphipacifica, 3: 3-28.
Leite, F.P.P. 1996. Alterações morfológicas dos estádios de crescimento de Amphilocus neapolitanus Della Valle, 1893 (Gammaridea, Amphilochidae) e Ampithoe ramondi Audouin, 1826 (Gammaridea, Ampithoidae) anfípodes associados à alga Sargassum cymosum Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13(1): 47-60.
Leite, F.P.P. 2002. Life cycle observations on Amphilocus neapolitanus (Della Valle, 1853) (Crustacea, Amphipoda) associated with Sargassum cymosum C. Agardh, 1820 in Ubatuba, (SP), Brazil. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 45(3): 355-363.
McKinney, L.D. 1978. Amphilochidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the western Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Gulf Research Reports, 6(2): 137-143.
Ortíz, M. and Lalana, R. 1996. Gitanopsis templadoi, una nueva especie de anfípodo (Gammaridea, Amphilochidae), de la plataforma suroccidental de Cuba. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, 22: 121-124.
Ortiz, M.; Martín, A. and Diaz, Y.J. 2007. Lista y referencia de los crustáceos anfípodos (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) del Atlántico occidental tropical. Revista de Biología Tropical, 55(2): 479-498.
Schellenberg, A. 1938. Brazilianische Amphipoden, mit biologischen Bemerkungen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 71: 203-218.
Serejo, C.S. 1998. Gammaridean and caprellidean fauna (Crustacea) associated with the sponge Dysidea fragilis Johnston at Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science, 63(2): 363-385.
Wakabara, Y.; Tararam, A.S. and Takeda, A.M. 1983. Comparative study of the amphipod fauna living on Sargassum of two Itanhaem shores, Brazil. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 3(4): 602-607.
Wakabara, Y. and Serejo, C.S. 1998. Malacostraca – Peracarida. Amphipoda. Gammaridea and Caprellidea. p. 561-594. In: Young, P.S. (ed): Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Série Livros, no. 6.
Wakabara, Y.; Tararam, A.S.; Valério-Berardo, M.T.; Duleba, W. and Leite, F.P.P. 1991. Gammaridean and caprellidean fauna from Brazil. Hydrobiologia, 223(1): 69-77.
Watling, L. 1989. A classification of crustacean setae based on the homology concept. p. 15-26. In: Felgenhauer, B.E.; Thistle, A.B. and Watling, L. (eds), Crustacean Issues. Vol. 6. Functional Morphology of Feeding and Grooming in Crustacea. Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema.

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Dec 2013

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Received
29 Mar 2012
Accepted
03 Dec 2013

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[2] Bousfield, E.L. 1979. A revised classification and phylogeny of amphipod crustaceans. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series 4(16): 343-390.

[3] Coleman, C.O. 2003. "Digital inking". How to make perfect line drawings on computers? Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 3(14): 1-14.

[4] Della Valle, A. 1893. Gammarini del Golfo di Napoli. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 20: 1-948.

[5] Kim, C.B. and Kim, W. 1992. A new species of the genus Gitanopsis (Amphipoda, Amphilochidae) from Korea. The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 8(2): 183-188.

[6] Kim, Y-H.; Hendrycks, E.A. and Lee, K-S. 2010. A new species and new record of the Amphilochidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Korea. Zootaxa, 2477: 21-36.

[7] Hirayama, A. and Takeuchi, I. 1993. New species and new Japanese records of the Gammaridea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Matsukawa-ura Inlet, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 36(3): 141-178.

[8] Hoover, P.M. and Bousfield, E.L. 2001. The amphipod superfamily Leucothoidea on the Pacific coast of North America: family Amphilochidae: systematics and distributional ecology. Amphipacifica, 3: 3-28.

[9] Leite, F.P.P. 1996. Alterações morfológicas dos estádios de crescimento de Amphilocus neapolitanus Della Valle, 1893 (Gammaridea, Amphilochidae) e Ampithoe ramondi Audouin, 1826 (Gammaridea, Ampithoidae) anfípodes associados à alga Sargassum cymosum Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13(1): 47-60.

[10] Leite, F.P.P. 2002. Life cycle observations on Amphilocus neapolitanus (Della Valle, 1853) (Crustacea, Amphipoda) associated with Sargassum cymosum C. Agardh, 1820 in Ubatuba, (SP), Brazil. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 45(3): 355-363.

[11] McKinney, L.D. 1978. Amphilochidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the western Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Gulf Research Reports, 6(2): 137-143.

[12] Ortíz, M. and Lalana, R. 1996. Gitanopsis templadoi, una nueva especie de anfípodo (Gammaridea, Amphilochidae), de la plataforma suroccidental de Cuba. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, 22: 121-124.

[13] Ortiz, M.; Martín, A. and Diaz, Y.J. 2007. Lista y referencia de los crustáceos anfípodos (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) del Atlántico occidental tropical. Revista de Biología Tropical, 55(2): 479-498.

[14] Schellenberg, A. 1938. Brazilianische Amphipoden, mit biologischen Bemerkungen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 71: 203-218.

[15] Serejo, C.S. 1998. Gammaridean and caprellidean fauna (Crustacea) associated with the sponge Dysidea fragilis Johnston at Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science, 63(2): 363-385.

[16] Wakabara, Y.; Tararam, A.S. and Takeda, A.M. 1983. Comparative study of the amphipod fauna living on Sargassum of two Itanhaem shores, Brazil. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 3(4): 602-607.

[17] Wakabara, Y. and Serejo, C.S. 1998. Malacostraca – Peracarida. Amphipoda. Gammaridea and Caprellidea. p. 561-594. In: Young, P.S. (ed): Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Série Livros, no. 6.

[18] Wakabara, Y.; Tararam, A.S.; Valério-Berardo, M.T.; Duleba, W. and Leite, F.P.P. 1991. Gammaridean and caprellidean fauna from Brazil. Hydrobiologia, 223(1): 69-77.

[19] Watling, L. 1989. A classification of crustacean setae based on the homology concept. p. 15-26. In: Felgenhauer, B.E.; Thistle, A.B. and Watling, L. (eds), Crustacean Issues. Vol. 6. Functional Morphology of Feeding and Grooming in Crustacea. Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema.

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