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标题：Ecology and systematics of a new species of Uromunna (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Spanish eelgrass beds
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作者：Patricia Esquete ; George D. F. Wilson ; Jesús S. Troncoso 等
期刊名称：Helgoland Marine Research
印刷版ISSN：1438-3888
出版年度：2014
卷号：68
期号：2
页码：329-339
DOI：10.1007/s10152-014-0393-4
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Uromunna naherba sp. nov. is described from eelgrass beds (Zostera marina and Z. noltii) of the NW Iberian Peninsula. This is the second species of the genus reported from the NE Atlantic, after U. petiti. The new species was more abundant on rhizomes than on the leaves of the plants. Seasonal samples show that ovigerous females are present throughout the year, but become more abundant in late spring and summer, when adult males decrease in frequency. Ovigerous females appear in only one size class. Owing to the yearly productivity cycle of the eelgrasses, these data suggest that the species is semelparous and completes its lifecycle within 1 year. The taxonomic characters of the genus are discussed.
关键词：Zostera;Iberian Peninsula;Atlantic;Population;Munnidae;Asellota