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On a new species of Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Decapoda, Caridea, Lysmatidae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: During fieldwork on Tenerife (Canary Islands) and São Tomé in the eastern Atlantic, three specimens belonging to the genus Lysmata were collected in an underwater cave and tunnel. The specimens are similar to a species known from a single specimen collected in Guam in the tropical western Pacific: Lysmata guamensis Anker & Cox, 2011. With this species it shares many morphological characteristics, in special the rostral dentition of only two dorsal teeth, of which one situated post-orbital and the other one on the rostrum proper, which is unique in the genus. Its phylogenetic position in the genus Lysmata is reconstructed on the basis of the mitochondrial 16S RNA marker. The specimens are here described and figured as a species new to science.

Source: Crustaceana

DOI: 10.1163/15685403-bja10491

Authors: Charles H.J.M. Fransen, José A. González

Institutions: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Language: English

Topic: Crustacean biology and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Florida Museum of Natural History, Centro de Ciências do Mar

Awards: G6547834732, G6912052472, G7063316358