Acanthohaustorius pansus, a New Species of Sand-Burrowing Amphipod from Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys, with Redescription and Distribution Data of Acanthohaustorius bousfieldi Frame, 1980 (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae)

Authors

James Darwin Thomas, Newfound Harbor Marine InstituteFollow
J. L. Barnard, Smithsonian Institution

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1984

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

ISSN

0006-324X

Volume

97

Issue/No.

4

First Page

909

Last Page

926

Abstract

A new species of sand-burrowing amphipod, Acanthohaustorius pansus, is described from carbonate sands of the Florida Keys Reef Tract. This is the first time the predominantly cold-water genus Acanthohaustorius has been reported south of Virginia coastal waters. Acanthohaustorius bousfieldi Frame, 1980, originally described from Long Island Sound, is refigured and reported from shell-hash sediments off the central Atlantic coast of Florida. A revised key to the species of Acanthohaustorius is presented.

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©The Authors

Additional Comments

NSF grant #: DEB8121128; NOAA contract #: NA82AAA01157

NSUWorks Citation

James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard. 1984. Acanthohaustorius pansus, a New Species of Sand-Burrowing Amphipod from Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys, with Redescription and Distribution Data of Acanthohaustorius bousfieldi Frame, 1980 (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae) .Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington , (4) : 909 -926. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/606.