A new species of Deutella (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

A new species of the genus Deutella Mayer, 1890 is described and illustrated, and a key to identify the Deutella species from the Gulf of Mexico is given. The specimens were collected from coral rubble at 18 m depth in Tuxpan-Lobos coral reef system, W Gulf of Mexico. Deutella pseudoincerta n. sp. i...

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Autores: Winfield, Ignacio, Guerra García, José Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/134987
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/134987
https://doi.org/10.22201/IB.20078706E.2021.92.3403
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crustacea
Malacostraca
Coral reef
Veracruz
Taxonomy
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Sumario:A new species of the genus Deutella Mayer, 1890 is described and illustrated, and a key to identify the Deutella species from the Gulf of Mexico is given. The specimens were collected from coral rubble at 18 m depth in Tuxpan-Lobos coral reef system, W Gulf of Mexico. Deutella pseudoincerta n. sp. is remarkably close to Deutella incerta (Mayer, 1903), but can be easily distinguished by: length and shape of pereopod 5 especially distal article; length and width of adult male gnathopod 2; shape and size of tubercles in male abdominal appendages. The new species increases the number of Deutella species to 14 worldwide, and 18 species of Caprellidae from the Gulf of Mexico.