Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Title
A New Species of Cerapus from Cudjoe Channel, Lower Florida Keys, USA, with Notes on Male Behaviour (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophioidea)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1991
Publication Title
Journal of Natural History
Keywords
Taxonomy, Crustacea, Amphipoda, Corophioidea, Corophiidae, North America
ISSN
0022-2933
Volume
25
Issue/No.
6
First Page
1461
Last Page
1467
Abstract
Cerapus cudjoe is described from Cudjoe Channel in the Lower Florida Keys, USA, where it lives primarily on the hydroid, Cnidoscyphus marginatus (Allman), in channels subject to strong tidal flow. The species is characterized by the shape of the palm of male gnathopod 2, and the huge peduncular hook on male uropod 1 which distinguishes it from all congeners. Males were observed swimming during slack tide and actively seeking females in presumed precopulatory behaviour.
Additional Comments
NSF grant #: BSR-8915688
NSUWorks Citation
Jim Lowry and James Darwin Thomas. 1991. A New Species of Cerapus from Cudjoe Channel, Lower Florida Keys, USA, with Notes on Male Behaviour (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophioidea) .Journal of Natural History , (6) : 1461 -1467. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/615.
DOI
10.1080/00222939100770931
Comments
©1991 Taylor & Francis Ltd