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First record of Perioculodes aequimanus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in the north-east Atlantic, with remarks on taxonomic characters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2010

Patricia Esquete ,
Juan Moreira  and
Jesús S. Troncoso
Patricia Esquete*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Campus de As Lagoas, Vigo, E-36310, Spain
Juan Moreira
Affiliation:
Estación de Bioloxía Mariña de A Graña, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Casa do Hórreo, Rúa da Ribeira, 1, A Graña, Ferrol, E-15590, Spain
Jesús S. Troncoso
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Campus de As Lagoas, Vigo, E-36310, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Esquete, Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Campus de As Lagoas, Vigo, E-36310, Spain email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this work, we report for the first time the presence of the amphipod Perioculodes aequimanus from the north-east Atlantic. Specimens were collected in Zostera meadows located in the O grove inlet (north-western Iberian Peninsula), where the species is well established and is one of the numerically dominant peracarid species. Some morphological differences were found in comparison to Mediterranean individuals but those are regarded as due to intraspecific variation. This species can be distinguished from other Atlantic species according to the features of the propodus of the first gnathopod, the first coxa, the pereiopod 7 basis and the antennal peduncle.

Keywords

AmphipodaPerioculodes aequimanusdistributionZosteranorth-east Atlantic
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e112
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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