Jerbarnia americana Watling, 1981

Krapp-Schickel, Traudl & Vader, Wim, 2009, On some Maerid genera (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae) collected by the Hourglass Cruises (Florida). Part 1: Genera Anamaera, Ceradocus, Clessidra gen. nov., Jerbarnia, Maera, Meximaera, with a key to world Ceradocus, Journal of Natural History 43 (33 - 34), pp. 2057-2086 : 2077-2078

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903091007
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scientific name	Jerbarnia americana Watling, 1981
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Treatment

Jerbarnia americana Watling, 1981 View in CoL

( Figure 8 View Figure 8 )

Jerbarnia americana Watling, 1981:203–211 View in CoL , fig. 1

Type locality

Delaware.

Material examined

25744 1 specimen 3.6 mm Gulf of Mexico, Lee County, 73 miles (117 km) west of Sanibel Island ; 55 m; dredge; 15 November 1967; 26°24′ N, 83°22′ W GoogleMaps .

Length

3.5–4.5 mm.

Remarks

Watling offers as differentiating characters of his species: “Cx 1 triangular and Gn 2 male palmar angle without heavy spine”. The latter is not totally the case, there are in fact two robust setae (see Fig. 8 View Figure 8 ).

Distribution

Delaware ( Watling 1981). Gulf of Mexico ( Ortiz and Lalana 1993).

Ecology

Down to 55 m.