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Description of Alpheus buckupi spec. nov., a new amphi-Atlantic snapping shrimp (Caridea: Alpheidae), based on morphological and molecular data

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Author(s):
Almeida, Alexandre O. [1] ; Terossi, Mariana [2] ; Araujo-Silva, Catarina L. [3, 4] ; Mantelatto, Fernando L. [2]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Dept Ciencias Biol, BR-45662900 Ilheus, Bahia - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Grad Program Comparat Biol, Fac Philosophy Sci & Letters Ribeirao Preto FFCLR, Lab Bioecol & Crustacean Systemat LBSC, Dept Biol, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[3] Minist Educ Brazil, CAPES Fdn, BR-70040020 Brasilia, DF - Brazil
[4] Univ Porto, Lab Marine Community Ecol & Evolut, CIIMAR Ctr Interdisciplinar Invest Marinha & Ambi, P-4050123 Oporto - Portugal
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Zootaxa; v. 3652, n. 4, p. 437-452, MAY 20 2013.
Web of Science Citations: 14
Abstract

A new amphi-Atlantic snapping shrimp of the genus Alpheus Fabricius, 1798, Alpheus buckupi spec. nov., is described and illustrated based on material collected from the western (Orinoco Delta, Venezuela to Sao Paulo, Brazil) and eastern Atlantic (Sao Tome and Principe). The new species is morphologically similar to members of the A. lobidens De Haan, 1850 species complex, from the Indo-Pacific, including A. inopinatus Holthuis \& Gottlieb, 1958 from the eastern Mediterranean, and the Red Sea to Pakistan, especially based on major and minor chelae configuration. We also characterized this new species in terms of DNA sequences of a ribosomal 16S subunit and compared it in a phylogenetic context. These analyses showed a clear separation of the specimens of A. buckupi spec. nov. from similar species of the A. edwardsii (Audouin, 1826) species group, including some morphologically close species such as A. cf. lobidens, A. heterochaelis Say, 1818, A. pontederiae de Rochebrune, 1883, A. sp. aff. euphrosyne De Man, 1897, and A. microrhynchus De Man, 1897. (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