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Occurrence of Chaceon gordonae and C. sanctaehelenae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Geryonidae) off the Island of São Tomé

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2009

Manuel Afonso-Dias ,
André Pires  and
Paul F. Clark
Manuel Afonso-Dias*
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
André Pires
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Paul F. Clark
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Afonso-Dias, Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal email: madias@ualg.pt
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Abstract

To date only four specimens of Chaceon gordonae from Sierra Leone (West Africa) and one specimen of C. sanctaehelenae from Saint Helen Island (Central South Atlantic) are known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Recently both these Geryonid species were recorded off São Tomé Island, off the central west coast of Africa and found to sustain a small artisanal trap fishery.

Keywords

Chaceon gordonaeChaceon sanctaehelenaeCrustaceaSão Tomé IslandW. Africa
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e3
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2005

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