Audulla chelifera ( Chevreux, 1901 )

Audulla chelifera ( Chevreux, 1901) View in CoL

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Gammaropsis chelifera Chevreux, 1901: 432–436, figs 56–65. View in CoL

Eurystheus lina : Kunkel 1910: 81–83, fig. 31.

Eurystheus semichelatus : K. H. Barnard 1957: 8, fig. 5.

Gammaropsis lina View in CoL : Lazo-Wasem and Gable 1987: 331–335, figs 7–9.

Audulla chelifera View in CoL : Thomas and Barnard 1987: 364–369, figs 1–4; LeCroy 2000: 125, fig. 163.

Material examined.

Panama • 4.2–5. 8 mm • 7 ♂, 5 ♀ • Bocas del Toro, Lime Point ; 9.414°N, 82.3323°W; depth 0.2–0.5 m, among coral rubble and red algae; 5 Aug 2005; S. DeGrave, M. Salazar leg.; GCRL 6667 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Male antenna 2 flagellum dorsoventrally flattened. Male gnathopod 2 minutely chelate, basis anterior and posterior margins with long setae; propodus subrectangular with rounded projection at palmar angle, densely setose. Female gnathopod 1 smaller than gnathopod 2; ischium, merus, carpus, with plumose setae. Gnathopod 2 propodus anterior margin densely setose. Uropod 3 rami subequal in length.

Distribution.

South Africa: St. Helena Bay (K. H. Barnard 1957); Bermuda: exact location unknown ( Kunkel 1910, Lazo-Wasem and Gable 1987); USA: Florida ( LeCroy 2000), Gulf of Mexico ( LeCroy et al. 2009); Caribbean Sea ( Barnard and Karaman 1991); Belize: Curlew Cay ( Thomas and Barnard 1987); Mexico: Yucatan ( McKinney 1977); Seychelles Islands: La Digue ( Chevreux 1901; Ledoyer 1982; Barnard and Karaman 1991); Panama: Bocas del Toro (present study).

Ecology and remarks.

This species occurs among coral rubble and red algae at depths of 0.2–5.8 m. Panamanian specimens agree closely with previous descriptions of Audulla chelifera .