Mayerella redunca McCain, 1968

Paz-Ríos, Carlos E., Guerra-García, José M. & Ardisson, Pedro-Luis, 2014, REVIEW ARTICLE Caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Gulf of Mexico, with observations on Deutella mayeri, redescription of Metaprotella hummelincki, a taxonomic key and zoogeographical comments, Journal of Natural History 48 (41 - 42), pp. 2517-2578 : 2540-2543

Mayerella redunca McCain, 1968

( Figures 10 , 11)

Mayerella redunca McCain, 1968: 75–78 , figs 37, 38, 50. McCain and Steinberg, 1970: 53. Guerra-García, 2003a: 189, 191, 194, figs 8, 11. Diaz et al., 2005: 3, 6, 19–20, figs 10, 11. Paz-Ríos and Ardisson, 2013: 2, fig. 1.

Material examined

Station 8, one male, one female (female used for figures), CYMX-75-PY. Station 9, two males (one male from this station used for figures), CYMX-76-PY.

Type locality

Coche Island , Venezuela .

Distribution

Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Sea ( McCain 1968; Diaz et al. 2005; Paz-Ríos and Ardisson 2013).

Records in the Gulf of Mexico

MEX: Northeastern Yucatan Shelf ( Paz-Ríos and Ardisson 2013) . USA: off Louisiana ( LGL Ecological Research Associates Inc., and Texas AandM University 1986) .

Habitat

This species has been collected in plankton samples and on sandy sediments ( Diaz et al. 2005; Paz-Ríos and Ardisson 2013). The depth range reported is intertidal zone extending to 320 m ( Paz-Ríos and Ardisson 2013).

Remarks

According to a review of the genus Mayerella by Guerra-García (2003a), the primary diagnostic characteristics of male M. redunca are: dactylus of gnathopod 2 slightly curved, shorter than propodus, and abdomen with appendages elongated and curved apically.

This species has been collected rarely; only three records from the Gulf of Mexico have been reported since its original description in the Caribbean Sea ( Paz-Ríos and Ardisson 2013).

Figures

Figure 10. Mayerella redunca McCain, 1968. Yucatan, Mexico; male, CYMX-76-PY; female CYMX-75-PY. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.