Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 1632 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1632.1.3
Page range: 37–48
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 4

Redescription of Orthoprotella mayeri K.H. Barnard, 1916 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from Cape Province, South Africa and description of O. berentsae sp. nov. from New South Wales, Australia

Department of Life Environment Conservation, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Crustacea Amphipoda taxonomy new species Caprellidae Orthoprotella South Africa New South Wales

Abstract

Close examination of Orthoprotella mayeri K.H. Barnard, 1916 (sensu lato) which has been recorded from South Africa and New South Wales, Australia, revealed that there are two distinct species from Cape Province, South Africa and New South Wales, Australia, respectively. The present paper provides a redescription of O. mayeri K.H. Barnard, 1916 (sensu stricto) from South Africa and a description of O. berentsae sp. nov. from New South Wales, Australia. The two species can be identified based on the morphology of antenna 2, pereonites 6 and 7, and the uropods, although characteristic body somites of both species resemble other species.

References

  1. Arimoto, I. (1976) Taxonomic studies of caprellids (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) found in the Japanese and adjacent waters. Special Publications from the Seto marine Biological Laboratory, Ser. 3, i-v, 1–229.

    Barnard, K.H. (1916) Contributions to the Crustacean fauna of South Africa. 5. Annals of the South Africa Museum, 12, 105–308.

    Barnard, K.H. (1925) Contributions to the Crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 8. Further additions to the list of Amphipoda. Annals of the South Africa Museum, 20, 319–380.

    Guerra-García, J.M. (2003) Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 232, 1–24.

    Guerra-García, J.M. (2004) The Caprellidea (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Western Australia and Northern Territory, Australia. Hydrobiologia, 522, 1–74.

    Guerra-García, J.M. (2006) Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Localities. Records of the Australian Museum, 58, 417–458.

    Guerra-García, J.M. & Takeuchi, I. (2003) The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Tasmania, Australia. Journal of Natural History, 38, 967–1044.

    Griffiths, C.L. (1973) The Amphipoda of southern Africa. Part 1. The Gamaridea and Caprellidea of southern Mocambique. Annals of the South African Museum, 60, 265–306.

    Griffiths, C.L. (1976) Guide to the benthic Marine Amphipoda of southern Africa. Trustees of Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, 106 pp.

    Krapp-Shickel, G. (1993) Suborder Caprellidea. In: S. Ruffo (ed.), The Amphipoda of the Mediterranean. Part 3. Gammaridea (Melphidippidae to Talitridae), Ingolfiellidea, Caprellidea. Mémoires de l'Institute Océanographique, Monaco, 13, 773–813.

    Laubitz, D.R. (1970) Studies on the Caprellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the American North Pacific. National Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa), Publications in Biological Oceanography, 1, 1–89.

    Laubitz, D.R. (1972) The Caprellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of Atlantic and Arctic Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa), Publications in Biological Oceanography, 4, 1–82.

    Laubitz, D.R. (1991) Crustacea Amphipoda Caprellidea: caprellids from the western Pacific (New Caledonia, Indonesia and the Philippines). In: A. Crosnier (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSOROSTOM, Volume 9. Mémoires du Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, (A) 152, 101–123.

    Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H.E. (2003) Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In: Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (Eds), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 19.2B, i–xii, 1–531. Melbourne, Australia, CSIRO Publishing.

    Mayer, P. (1903) Die Caprelliden der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga-Expeditie, 34, 1–160, pls. 1–10.

    McCain, J.C. (1968) The Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the western North Atlantic. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 278, i–vi, 1–147.

    McCain, J.C. & Steinberg, J.E. (1970) Amphipoda I. Caprellidea. In: Gruner, H.-E. & Holthuis, L.B. (Ed.), Crustaceorum Catalogus. Dr. W. Junk N.V., Den Haag, Pars 2, 1-78.

    Takeuchi, I. (1993) Is the Caprellidea a monophyletic group? Journal of Natural History, 27, 947–964.

    Takeuchi, I. (1999) Checklist and bibliography of the Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Japanese waters. Otsuchi Marine Science, 24, 5–17.

    Vassilenko, S.V. (1974) Caprellidy (morskie kozochki) moreï SSSR i sopredel'nykh vod. [Caprellids of the seas of the USSR and adjacent waters.] Opredeleliteli po faune SSSR, Izdavaemye Zoologocheskim Instittutom Akademii Nauk SSSR, 107, 1–288. (in Russian)