Two new species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from the Belizean barrier reef, with a synopsis of the Synalpheus brooksi species complex

Title Variants

Alternative: Sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3543

By

Macdonald, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Scott), 1971-

Duffy, J. Emmett, 1960-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2006

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 7, 2006."

"Two new species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp in the genus Synalpheus are described. Synalpheus carpenteri is based on specimens collected from the Belizean barrier reef, the Exuma Islands of the Bahamas, and the Atlantic coast of Panama, while Synalpheus ruetzleri is based on specimens collected from the Belizean barrier reef and the Atlantic coast of Panama. Both species belong to a group of closely related shrimp (the 'Synalpheus brooksi complex') that includes Synalpheus brooksi, Synalpheus bousfieldi, Synalpheus chacei, and possibly additional undescribed species. All species in the complex are remarkably similar in morphology, but Synalpheus carpenteri is readily recognizable by its brilliant orange color in life, its habitation solely in sponges of the genus Agelas, its squat, wide-based telson, and the short lateral spines of its scaphocerite and basicerite. Synalpheus ruetzleri appears unique within the complex in possessing a well-developed blade on the scaphocerite. Specimens of Synalpheus brooksi and S. bousfieldi from Belize and other localities are also figured to facilitate separation of members of the brooksi complex"--P. [1].

Subjects

Atlantic Coast , Atlantic Ocean , Bahamas , Belize , Carrie Bow Cay , Classification , Coral reef animals , Crustacea , Ecology , Exuma , Panama , Snapping shrimps , Sponges , Synalpheus , Synalpheus carpenteri , Synalpheus ruetzleri

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3543, 2006

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3543[1:TNSOSS]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 76952527