Iphinoe serrata Norman, 1867

Iphinoe serrata Norman, 1867 View in CoL

Iphithoë serrata Norman, 1867 , Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 36: 201–2015.

Iphinoë serrata Norman, 1869 View in CoL , Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 38: 272. Sars 1899: 14; Calman 1905: 16; Calman 1907: 118; Stebbing 1913:45–46; Fage 1928:173 –174; Fage 1932: 200; Fage 1940: 3–4, fig. 1; Fage 1944:115, fig. 3; Zimmer 1942: 192–195; Fage 1951:49–52, fig. 43– 44, 45s; Jones 1957: 482; Lomakina 1958:286 –287, fig. 193. Bâcescu 1961:498; Riedl 1963: 302–303, fig. 104; Ledoyer 1965: 260–261, pl. 3 fig. 2A–B, pl. 7 fig. 2, pl. 11 fig. 2, pl. 15 fig. 2; Ledoyer 1968: 175; Jones 1976.

Material examined. 1 ovigerous female, st. 17; 1 ovigerous female, 1 subadult female, st. 25.

Remarks. Iphinoe serrata differs from other Mediterranean species for the presence of 4 perianal setae on pleonite 6. The other species that shares this characteristic is I. elisae ; however, I. serrata differs from I. elisae for the presence of 2 aesthetascs on antenna 1 (versus only 1 in I. elisae ). Its sternal process is characterized by a bifid tubercle.

Distribution and ecology. Iphinoe serrata is widely distributed in the Mediterranean Sea: in the Alboran Sea ( Ledoyer 1987; Sánchez Moyano et al. 2001), north-western Mediterranean ( Walker 1901; Ledoyer 1968; Klepal & Kastner 1980; Corbera & Cardell 1995; Cartes et al. 2007), Adriatic Sea ( Zimmer 1942), Aegean Sea ( Katagan 1983), Levantine Sea ( Băcescu 1961), and in Abu-Qir Bay ( Alexandria, Egypt) ( Hamouda & Abdel-Salam 2010). Up to now the known distribution of I. serrata had been confined to areas 1, 2 and 9 of the Bianchi (2004) classification ( Marusso 2006). We confirm its presence in sector 9 ( Table 3 View TABLE 3 ). The bathymetric range of I. serrata varies between 50 and 300 m deep ( Corbera 1995). Corbera & Cardell (1995) confirmed that I. serrata is a species from deep environments ( 60–70 m deep), found on muddy bottoms. Our data show that I. serrata is not only present in deep waters (around 40 m), but also occurs in shallower waters ( 13 m).