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Issue: Vol. 3565 No. 1: 28 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3565.1.6
Page range: 68
Abstract views: 37
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First record of the exotic isopod Sphaeroma serratum (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Uruguayan waters (southwestern Atlantic)

Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Grupo de Ecología en Ambientes Costeros, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT-CONICET), Blvd. Brown 2915, Puerto Madryn (U9120ACD), Argentina
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, CC 399, CP 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos, Constituyente 1497, CP 11200 Montevideo, Uruguay
Crustacea Isopoda

Abstract

The isopod Sphaeroma serratum (Fabricius, 1787) is reported from Uruguay for the first time and it is considered an introduced species in the region. The species was found very abundant and specimens were collected under the rocks in an intertidal area at La Paloma port in 2002 (34º39´S, 54º08´W). The specimens we examined fully agree with previous descriptions. Considering that this species has been reported as introduced in Argentina and Brazil, here we hypothesized the potential routes of introduction to Uruguay.

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