Decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from Ascension Island, south Atlantic Ocean

Abstract

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New records of the striped cleaner shrimp Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic

“…Hayashi (1975) synonymized L. grabhami with the Indo-Pacific L. amboinensis, and considered it as one of the few circumtropical shrimps. However, minor differences in coloration between these two taxa were considered as constant enough to justify the original separation into two species (Manning and Chace Junior, 1990;Chace Junior, 1997). Lysmata grabhami presents a continuous middorsal white stripe from the tip of the rostrum to the end of the telson and the outer border of the uropodal exopods is also white (Figure 1).…”

“…It has been recorded from around Madeira Island (type-locality), Ascension Island and in the western Atlantic in Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda Island, Bonaire, Lesser Antilles and the oceanic waters of the north of South America (i.e. the Brazilian oceanic islands of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago as L. amboinensis (De Man, 1888), (Gordon, 1935;Holthuis et al, 1980;Manning and Chace Junior, 1990;Wicksten, 1995;Chace Junior, 1997). A first indication that this species may also occur in coastal Brazilian waters is given by Gasparini et al (2005), who analyzed the marine ornamental trade in Brazil using the Global Marine Aquarium Database (GMAD).…”

“…Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935), also known as the scarlet striped cleaner shrimp, is a monogamous species (Wong and Michiels, 2011) that inhabits rocky and reef environments, from 3 to 55 meters water depth, in the eastern and western Atlantic (Manning and Chace Junior, 1990). It has been recorded from around Madeira Island (type-locality), Ascension Island and in the western Atlantic in Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda Island, Bonaire, Lesser Antilles and the oceanic waters of the north of South America (i.e.…”

An annotated checklist of marine caridean and stenopodidean shrimps (Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the Caribbean coast of Panama

“…Nauplius, 25: 2017015 Brazil, and extending to Central Atlantic (Manning and Chace, 1990;Felder et al, 2009) Remarks. The present specimen constitutes the first record of O. libertae for Panama, with the species previously known only from the Florida Keys and Colombia (Criales, 1997); recorded on various substrates, 7-56 m.…”

Ascension Island shallow-water Zoantharia (Hexacorallia: Cnidaria) and their zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium)

“…Zoantharians have previously been reported from Ascension Island (Irving, 1989(Irving, , 2013Manning & Chace, 1990;Den Hartog & Türkay, 1991), although the identifications are often only as 'zoanthid' or to genus level. Furthermore, 'Palythoa sp.'…”