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1987

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A New Species Of Chevalia From The Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas Jan 1987

A New Species Of Chevalia From The Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas

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A new Caribbean species, Chevalia carpenteri is described; heretofore only one species of the genus was known, but we have examined material that suggests morphs may represent distinct species or subspecies. We report C. mexicana and extend its range from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Belize. Our new species differs from the world complex of C. aviculae morphs in the ovate article 2 of pereopods 5-7 and the posteriorly flat epimera with large notches.


The Indo-Pacific Audulla Chelifera Reported From The Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard Jan 1987

The Indo-Pacific Audulla Chelifera Reported From The Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda), James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

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Audulla chelifera Chevreux is reported for the first time outside of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. It has now been found in the western Caribbean inhabiting the alga Turbinaria turbinata (Linneaus) Kuntze in backreef regions of the Belize barrier reef.


New Species Of Neomegamphopus From Tropical America (Crustacea: Marine Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas Jan 1987

New Species Of Neomegamphopus From Tropical America (Crustacea: Marine Amphipoda), J. L. Barnard, James Darwin Thomas

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Neomegamphopus hiatus is described from Venezuela and the Florida Keys, N. pachiatus and N. heardi from Pacific Panama, and N. kalanii from eastern Florida. Neomegamphopus hiatus and N. pachiatus differ from a close congener, N. roosevelti (tropical eastern Pacific), in the much larger coxa 1 of mature males, the less setose gnathopods, and the broader carpus of the first gnathopod bearing a much deeper incision defining the posterior tooth; the carpus is much shorter and stouter in N. hiatus and N. pachiatus than in N. roosevelti. Neomegamphopus heardi differs from the other species in the bifid tooth on the …