A New Species of Chevalia from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Authors

J. L. Barnard, Smithsonian Institution
James Darwin Thomas, Reef FoundationFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

ISSN

0006-324X

Publication Date

1987

Abstract

A new Caribbean species, Chevalia carpenteri is described; heretofore only one species of the genus was known, but we have examined material that suggests morphs may represent distinct species or subspecies. We report C. mexicana and extend its range from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Belize. Our new species differs from the world complex of C. aviculae morphs in the ovate article 2 of pereopods 5-7 and the posteriorly flat epimera with large notches.

Volume

100

Issue

3

First Page

532

Last Page

542

Comments

©The Authors

Additional Comments

NSF grant #: BSR-8515186

NSUWorks Citation

J. L. Barnard and James Darwin Thomas. 1987. A New Species of Chevalia from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) .Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , (3) : 532 -542. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/601.