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A new species and two new records of symbiotic infaunal alpheid shrimps from the genera Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 and Fenneralpheus Felder & Manning, 1986 (Decapoda: Caridea) from Venezuela

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Leptalpheus lirai sp. nov., a new species of symbiotically living, infaunal alpheid shrimp, is described based on a single specimen from the Gulf of Santa Fe, Sucre, Venezuela. The new species belongs to an informal group of nine species within the genus Leptalpheus Williams, 1965, which is characterised by the presence of well-developed adhesive disks on the major chela. In addition, Leptalpheus axianassae Dworschak Coelho, 1999 and Fenneralpheus chacei Felder Manning, 1986 are recorded for the first time from Venezuela (Anzotegui and Sucre, respectively), the latter also representing the first record of the genus Fenneralpheus Felder Manning, 1986 for the country. These records bring to 11 the number of alpheid genera, and to four the number of species of Leptalpheus, known in Venezuelan marine waters.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5061.1.10

Authors: JONATHAN VERA CARIPE, LUISANA PEREDA, ARTHUR ANKER

Institutions: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Language: English

Topic: Crustacean biology and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3209604547

FWCI: 1.125

Cites: 10

Cited by: 4

Related to: 4