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The University of Southern Mississippi

1989

Northern Gulf of Mexico

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An Illustrated Key To The Chaetognatha Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico With Notes On Their Distribution, Jerry A. Mclelland Jan 1989

An Illustrated Key To The Chaetognatha Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico With Notes On Their Distribution, Jerry A. Mclelland

Gulf and Caribbean Research

A key is provided to facilitate the identification of 24 species in nine genera of Chaetognatha occurring in the northem Gulf of Mexico. Included are the deep-water species, Eukrohnia proboscidea, E. calliops, Mesosagitta sibogae, and Sagitta megalophthalma, all recent additions to the known fauna of the region. Meristic data, brief descriptions, ecological notes, Gulf of Mexico records, and illustrations are also presented.


Records Of Deep-Water Chaetognaths From The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Jerry A. Mclelland, Harriet M. Perry Jan 1989

Records Of Deep-Water Chaetognaths From The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Jerry A. Mclelland, Harriet M. Perry

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Fourteen species of deep-water Chaetognatha were present in plankton samples collected between 200 and 677 m at five stations along the continental slope of the northem Gulf of Mexico. Samples were taken in conjunction with the MARFlN Geryon cruises of 1987 and 1988. New Gulf of Mexico records resulting from this study were Eukrohnia calliops, Eukrohnia proboscidea, Mesosagitta sibogae, and Sagitta megalophthalma. Other deepwater species present were Eukrohnia fowleri, E. bathypelagica, E. bathyantarctica, Caecosagitta macrocephala, Mesosagitta decipiens, M. minima, Solidosagitta planctonis, Krohnitta subtilis, Flaccisagitta hexaptera, and F. lyra …


Acanthohaustorius Uncinus, A New Species Of Sand-Burrowing Amphipod From The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, With Notes On Its Ecology (Haustoriidae: Haustoriinae), John M. Foster Jan 1989

Acanthohaustorius Uncinus, A New Species Of Sand-Burrowing Amphipod From The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, With Notes On Its Ecology (Haustoriidae: Haustoriinae), John M. Foster

Gulf and Caribbean Research

A new species of sand-burrowing amphipod, Acanthohaustorius uncinus, is described from vegetated and unvegetated estuarine sands from St. Andrew Bay, Florida and East Ship Island, Mississippi. The genus Acanthohaustorius has been informally recorded from St. Andrew Bay, but this species is now formally described from the Gulf of Mexico. A. uncinus n. sp. is most similar to A. millsi of the Open American Atlantic coast. It differs from A. millsi in the presence of a dorsally directed, hooked spine on the peduncle of uropod 1 and the totally cleft telson lobes. Information on the ecology of A. uncinus n. …