Redescription and new records of <i>Synopia ultramarina</i> Dana (Amphipoda: Synopiidae) from off the northeastern Brazil, with comments on its morphological variations

Senna, André R.; Andrade, Luiz F.; Guedes, Urssula N.; Pereira-Filho, Guilherme H.

doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2020017

André R. Senna

. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Faculdade de Formação de Professores (FFP), Departamento de Ciências (DCIEN). Rua Dr. Francisco Portela, 1470, Patronato, 24435-005 São Gonçalo, RJ, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0976-849X

Luiz F. Andrade

. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Faculdade de Formação de Professores (FFP), Departamento de Ciências (DCIEN). Rua Dr. Francisco Portela, 1470, Patronato, 24435-005 São Gonçalo, RJ, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4868-737X

Urssula N. Guedes

. Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal. Decanato de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, UFRRJ, Rod. BR-465, Km 7, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3214-057X

Guilherme H. Pereira-Filho

. Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Instituto do Mar, Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação Marinha. Santos, SP, Brasil.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6078-2241

senna.carcinologia@gmail.com

Fig. 30. Distribution of Synopia ultramarinaDana, 1853Dana, J. D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. In: United States Exploration Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. 14. Philadelphia, Sherman, p. 689-1618.: A, Tropical Atlantic (Dana,1853Dana, J. D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. In: United States Exploration Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. 14. Philadelphia, Sherman, p. 689-1618.); B, Tropical Atlantic (Schellenberg, 1926Schellenberg, A. 1926. Die Gammariden der DeutschenSüdpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 18(Zoology 10):235-414.); C, Bermuda (Shoemaker, 1945Shoemaker, C. R. 1945. The Amphipoda of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions, 1929-1931. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions to the New York Zoological Society 30:185-266.); D, Tulear Reef, South Madagascar (Ledoyer, 1986Ledoyer, M. 1986. CrustacésAmphipodesGammariens. FamillesdesHaustoriidaeà Vitjazianidae. Faune de Madagascar 59(2):599-1112.); E, Tomioka Bay, Japan (Hirayama, 1988Hirayama, A. 1988. Taxonomic studies on the shallow water gammaridean Amphipoda of West Kyushu, Japan. VIII. Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Priscomilitaridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Urothoidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 33(1-3):39-77.); F, Florida Keys and Grand Bahama Island (Barnard & Tomas, 1989Barnard, J. L. & Thomas, J. D. 1989. Four species of Synopiidae from the Caribbean region (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(2):362-374.); G, Espírito Santo state coast, Brazil (**Wakabara et al., 1991Wakabara, Y.; Tararam, A. S.; Valério-Berardo, M. T.; Duleba, W. & Leite, F. P. P. 1991. Gammaridean and caprellidean fauna from Brazil. Hydrobiologia 223:69-77.); H, Coroa Vermelha, Abrolhos Bank, and California Reef, Parcel of Abrolhos, Bahia state, Brazil (Young & Serejo, 2005Young, P. S. & Serejo, C. S. 2005. Crustacea of Abrolhos Region, Brazil. In: Dutra, G. F.; Allen, G. R.; Werner, T. & McKenna, S. A. eds. A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of the Abrolhos Bank, Bahia, Brazil. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 38. Washington, DC, Conservation International, p. 91-95.); I, Lizard Island, Australia (Hughes, 2009**Hughes, L. E. 2009. Synopiidae. In: Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A. eds. Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 2260:880-891.); J, Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (current study); K, off Ceará State coast (current study); L, off Pernambuco State coast (current study).

Occurrences	Coordinates	Depth	Locality	Sampling/habitat	Reference
A	08°-12°S, 11°-14°W	---	Tropical Atlantic	---	Dana (1853Dana, J. D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. In: United States Exploration Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. 14. Philadelphia, Sherman, p. 689-1618.)
A	04°-07°S, 21°-25°W	---	Tropical Atlantic	---
B	05°59ʼS, 17°39ʼW	0 m	Tropical Atlantic	Trawl at night	Schellenberg (1926Schellenberg, A. 1926. Die Gammariden der DeutschenSüdpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 18(Zoology 10):235-414.)
	0°52ʼS, 16°00ʼW	0 m	Tropical Atlantic	Trawl at night
	0°46ʼN, 18°59ʼW	0-3000 m	Tropical Atlantic	---
C	32°12ʼN, 64°36ʼW	0 m	Bermuda, 9 miles SE off Nonsuch Island	---	Shoemaker (1945Shoemaker, C. R. 1945. The Amphipoda of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions, 1929-1931. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions to the New York Zoological Society 30:185-266.)
D	23°25ʼS, 43°39ʼE *	0-15 m	Tulear Reef, South Madagascar	Trawl and bottom samples	Ledoyer (1986Ledoyer, M. 1986. CrustacésAmphipodesGammariens. FamillesdesHaustoriidaeà Vitjazianidae. Faune de Madagascar 59(2):599-1112.)
E	32°32ʼN, 130°3ʼE *	---	Tomioka Bay, Japan	---	Hirayama (1988Hirayama, A. 1988. Taxonomic studies on the shallow water gammaridean Amphipoda of West Kyushu, Japan. VIII. Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Priscomilitaridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae and Urothoidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 33(1-3):39-77.)
F	24°41ʼN, 81°11ʼW *	7 m	Florida Keys, USA	Trawl at night, bottom of sand	Barnard & Thomas (1989Barnard, J. L. & Thomas, J. D. 1989. Four species of Synopiidae from the Caribbean region (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(2):362-374.)
F	27°26'N, 78°57'W *	219 m	Grand Bahama Island, USA	Trawl at night
G	18°33ʼ - 19°50ʼS **	41-60 m	Espírito Santo state coast, Brazil	Bottom of muddy sand	*Wakabara et al. (1991*Wakabara, Y.; Tararam, A. S.; Valério-Berardo, M. T.; Duleba, W. & Leite, F. P. P. 1991. Gammaridean and caprellidean fauna from Brazil. Hydrobiologia 223:69-77.)
H	17°57ʼ40.0ˮS, 39°12ʼ50.5ˮW	---	CoroaVermelha Lagoon, Abrolhos	Soft bottom samples	Young & Serejo (2005Young, P. S. & Serejo, C. S. 2005. Crustacea of Abrolhos Region, Brazil. In: Dutra, G. F.; Allen, G. R.; Werner, T. & McKenna, S. A. eds. A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of the Abrolhos Bank, Bahia, Brazil. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 38. Washington, DC, Conservation International, p. 91-95.)
H	18°6ʼ7.8ˮS, 38°35ʼ26.0ˮW	---	California Reef, Abrolhos	Soft bottom samples
I	14°40ʼS, 145°26ʼE	12-18 m	Lizard Island, Australia	Coral rubble, nektonic at night (no sampling method info)	Hughes (2009Hughes, L. E. 2009. Synopiidae. In: Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A. eds. Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 2260:880-891.)
J	03°49’2.51”S, 32°23’34.10”W	12 m	Fernando de Noronha Archipelago	Rhodolith beds, SCUBA Diving	Current study
K	03°07ʼ53.2ˮS, 38°49'26.2ˮW	36 m	off Ceará State coast	Van Veen grab, bottom of gravel and sand spots⁺	Current study
L	08°08’06ˮS, 34°38’7.08ˮW	---	off Pernambuco State coast	Rectangular dredges, bottom of bioclastic sand, granules, and gravel	Current study
x¹	---	---	Tropical Atlantic	Pelagic	Bovallius (1886Bovallius, C. 1886. Amphipoda Synopidea. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsalaiensis, Series 313(9):1-36.)
x²	---	0-50 m	Circumtropical	Epipelagic	Boltovskoy (1999Boltovskoy, D. 1999. South Atlantic Zooplankton. Vol. 1&2. Leiden, Backhuys Publishers. 1706p.)

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