First record of the deep sea Paguridae Catapaguroides microps (Decapoda: Anomura) in the southwestern Atlantic Sea
Lins, L.S.F.; Cardoso, I.A. (2010). First record of the deep sea Paguridae Catapaguroides microps (Decapoda: Anomura) in the southwestern Atlantic Sea. Cah. Biol. Mar. 51(1): 69-74
In: Cahiers de Biologie Marine. Station Biologique de Roscoff: Paris. ISSN 0007-9723; e-ISSN 2262-3094, more
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catapaguroides; paguroidea; campos basin; brazil; taxonomy |
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- Lins, L.S.F.
- Cardoso, I.A.
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The knowledge of Brazilian Paguridae (Decapoda, Anomura) is based mainly on shallow water samples (0-250 m), and only five species were recorded from deeper than 250 m. The genus Catapaguroides Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892 is one of a few genera of Paguridae characterized by the absence of a pleurobranchia above the fourth pereopod. The genus is known mainly from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and only three species are recognized in the Atlantic Ocean viz. C. megalops Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892, C. iris Bouvier, 1922 and C. microps Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892. Catapaguroides microps has been collected from 718 to 1900 m depth in the Indo-Pacific, northwestern and eastern Atlantic. Here, we describe specimens of C. microps collected from Campos Basin, SE Brazil. This is the first record of this species from the Southwestern Atlantic. |
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