Annotated checklist of parasitic and decapod crustaceans from the middle and lower Xingu (Amazon Basin) above and below the Belo Monte dam complex, Para State, Brazil

Author(s)

Magalhaes, Celio ^[1] ; Robles, Rafael ^{[2, 3]} ; Souza-Carvalho, Edvanda A. ^[2] ; Curvalho, Fabricio L. ^{[2, 4]} ; de Oliveira Malta, Jose Celso ^[1] ; Mantelatto, Fernando L. ^[2]

Affiliation

^[1] INPA, Av Andre Araujo 2936, BR-69067375 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, LBSC, Dept Biol, FFCLRP, Av Bandeirantes 3900, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Autonoma Campeche, Fac Ciencias Quim Biol, Av Agustin Melgar S-N, San Francisco De Campech 24039, Campeche - Mexico

^[4] UFSB, Grp Pesquisa Carcinol & Biodiversidade Aquat GPCB, Rodovia Ilheus Itabuna Km 22, BR-45662200 Ilheus, BA - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA; v. 166, n. 1 JUN 2017.
• Web of Science Citations: 1

Abstract

Results are presented on species richness and distribution of the crustacean fauna obtained by `Xingu Project expeditions along the middle and lower Xingu River during low and high water seasons primarily from 2013-2014, prior to the completion of the Belo Monte darn complex. The checklist includes the parasitic and decapod crustacean species surveyed in the Xingu River from the mouth of its tributary, the hill River, to its confluence with the Amazon River. With the addition of records from the scientific literature, a total of 32 species representing 18 genera in eight families are known to occur in the middle to lower Xingu basin: four species of fish lice, family Argulidae, four parasitic isopods, families Corallanidae (1 species) and Cymothoidate (3), 13 decapod crabs, h Pseudothelphusidae (5) and Trichodactylklae (8), and 11 decapod shrimps. families Sergestklae (1), Euryrhynchidae (3), and Palaemonidae (7). Seventeen species are recorded for the first time from the Xingu basin, highlighting the importance of focused sampling of decapods and other crustaceans in major sub-basins of the Amazon. The lower Xingu, below the Volta Grande rapids, held the most diversity with 19 species. The Volta Grande rapids (between Altamira and the loner Xingu) and the middle Xingu above Altamir a exhibited 17 and 15 species, respectively. Based on comparisons to other Amazon and South American river basins. the middle and lower Xingu River supports a remarkably high diversity of decapods. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/54931-0 - Improvement and management of biological specimen collections at the Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo
• Grantee: Carlos Alberto Garofalo
• Support Opportunities: Research Infrastructure Program - Biological specimen collections
• FAPESP's process: 10/50188-8 - Decapod crustaceans: multi-disciplinary characterization of the sea biodiversity of the State of São Paulo (taxonomy, spermiotaxonomy, molecular biology and population dynamics)
• Grantee: Fernando Luis Medina Mantelatto
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants