Crustaceans from antipatharians on banks of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

By

Wicksten, Mary K.
Nuttall, Marissa
Hickerson, Emma

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

457

Pages

45-54

Subjects

Anomura , Antipatharia , Caridea , Cirripedia , Gulf of Mexico

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.457.6280

 

Abstract

The stalked barnacle Oxynaspis gracilis, the chirostylid squat lobster Uroptychus sp., and the caridean shrimps Periclimenes cf. antipathophilus and Pseudopontonides principis have been collected at 68–124 m by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on banks in the northern Gulf of Mexico. These species inhabited six species of antipatharian hosts. Pseudopontonides principis, O. gracilis, and U. sp. were not confined to a single host species. Except for O. gracilis, collected by ROV in 2004–2005, these species have not been reported previously in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.