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  • 标题:Caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from India
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  • 作者:J. M. Guerra-García ; T. Ganesh ; M. Jaikumar
  • 期刊名称:Helgoland Marine Research
  • 印刷版ISSN:1438-3888
  • 出版年度:2010
  • 卷号:64
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:297-310
  • DOI:10.1007/s10152-009-0183-6
  • 出版社:BioMed Central
  • 摘要:The caprellid fauna of India is investigated. A total of 538 samples (including algae, seagrasses, sponges, hydroids, ascidians, bryozoans, encrusted dead corals, coral rubble, fine and coarse sediments) were collected from 39 stations along the coast of India, covering a wide diversity of habitats from intertidal to 12 m water depth. A new species (Jigurru longimanus n.sp.) is described, and figures of the 11 valid species reported so far from India are given together with a key for their identification. No caprellids were found in sediments from the northeast (16–20ºN) coast of India while they were abundant in the southeast and west coast. Decreases in salinity due to river discharges associated with lower values of oxygen, higher water temperatures and lower nutrient inputs along the east coast could explain these differences in caprellid composition between the two coastlines. Significantly, lower abundance of caprellids in India, as in other tropical ecosystems, is probably related to the lack of species belonging to the genus Caprella, which reach very high abundances in temperate waters.
  • 关键词:Amphipoda;Caprellidea;New species;India
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