Microprosthema jareckii, a new species of stenopodidean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Spongicolidae) from Guana Island, British Virgin Islands
2002; Biological Society of Washington; Volume: 115; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1943-6327
AutoresJoel W. Martin, Collections Branch,
Tópico(s)Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
ResumoA new species of the stenopodidean shrimp genus Microprosthe ma Stimpson, M. jareckii, is described from two specimens collected off the coast of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. The species differs from known congeners by the shape and spination of the rostrum, spination of the carapace, shape of the third pereiopod, dentition of the mandibular palp, and coloration (the new species is completely white). The new species is compared to all other known species of Microprosthema in the Caribbean. Relatively few species of stenopodidean shrimps have been reported from the Carib bean and western Atlantic. Published re ports include only six genera and 11 spe cies. In the genus Stenopus Latreille, 1819, only two species, 5. hispidus (Olivier, 1811) and S. scutellatus Rankin, 1898, have been reported. In the genus Richardina A. Milne
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