Journal Article
Intertidal Thalassinidean shrimps (Thalassinidea, Callianassidae and upogebiidae) of the west coast of Baja California, Mexico: annotated checklist, key for identification, and symbionts
Campos, E., De Campos, A.R. and Manriquez, I.
Record Number:
4497
Year:
2009
Journal:
Crustaceana
Pages:
1249-1263
Volume:
82
Abstract:
An annotated checklist of the intertidal species of Thalassinidea of the west coast of Baja
California, Mexico, and an updated comparative list of their commensals and parasites that live
inside the burrows of these crustaceans or on their body, is provided. Four species of burrower
shrimps, the mud shrimp, Upogebia macginiteorum (Williams, 1986) [Upogebiidae] and the ghost
shrimps, Neotrypaea biffari (Holthuis, 1991), N. californiensis (Dana, 1854), and N. gigas (Dana,
1852) [Callianassidae] were collected during our survey. For each species, the diagnostic features,
distribution, and some ecological remarks are recorded, which include: (1) a revised diagnoses for the
Neotrypaea species; (2) a range extension for N. californiensis and N. gigas from San Quintin Bay,
Baja California, Mexico to El Coyote Estuary, near Point Abreojos, Baja California Sur, México;
(3) nine new records of symbiotic associations; and (4) the first record for Mexico of the commensal
copepod, Clausidium vancouverense (Haddon, 1912). An illustrated key to the identification of the
intertidal species of thalassinideans of the Californian Province is included as well.
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