Title
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
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Crustacea
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epibiosis
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Green turtle
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Hyachelia lowryi
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Hyachelia tortugae
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Hyalidae
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Identification
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Line Islands
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Pacific Ocean
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (Line Islan
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Parasites
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Reptiles
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Sea turtles
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3809 2014
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
884902835
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