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Caprella caulerpensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda), a new species associated with Caulerpa prolifera from the Strait of Gibraltar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2002

J.M. Guerra-García ,
J.E. Sánchez-Moyano  and
J.C. García-Gómez
J.M. Guerra-García
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Depto. de Fisiología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
J.E. Sánchez-Moyano
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Depto. de Fisiología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
J.C. García-Gómez
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Depto. de Fisiología y Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Abstract

A new species of the genus Caprella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) is described based on the specimens collected from the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain. The new species, Caprella caulerpensis, was found living in mud bottoms with the seaweed Caulerpa prolifera (Forskål) Lamouroux. Caprella caulerpensis can be distinguished from the most related species, Caprella rapax, mainly by the number of articles in the flagellum of antenna 1, the morphology of the dactylus of gnathopod 2 and the pereonites length.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 82 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 843 - 846
Copyright
2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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