New records of Hyachelia tortugae Barnard, 1967, and H. lowryi Serejo and Sittrop, 2009 (Amphipoda, Gammaridea, Hyalidae), from Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge : cooccurrence on Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Title Variants

Alternative: New records of Hyachelia tortugae and H. lowryi

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3809

By

Yabut, Mia G.

Lazo-Wasem, Eric A.
Sterling, Eleanor J.
Gómez, Andrés, 1972-
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (American Museum of Natural History)

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2014]

Notes

Caption title.

"July 30, 2014."

Specimens collected by the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation as part of its ongoing program of Pacific sea turtle research and conservation. (Page 3)

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Amphipods of the genus Hyachelia collected during an epibiont survey conducted over three years (2009, 2010, and 2011) at Palmyra Atoll are reported. Both known species, i.e., Hyachelia tortugae Barnard, 1967, and Hyachelia lowryi Serejo and Sittrop, 2009, were collected from Pacific green turtles, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus). Given the increased awareness of epibionts and the desire of researchers to make positive identifications, figures of the diagnostic features of both amphipod species are presented. The significance of the cooccurrence of these two species on Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) is discussed.

Subjects

Commensalism , Crustacea , epibiosis , Green turtle , Hyachelia lowryi , Hyachelia tortugae , Hyalidae , Identification , Line Islands , Pacific Ocean , Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge , Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Line Islan , Parasites , Reptiles , Sea turtles

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3809 2014

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 884902835