Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana ( Spence Bate, 1857 )

Rousou, Maria, Plaiti, Wanda, Lowry, Jim, Charalambous, Stephanos & Chintiroglou, Chariton Charles, 2020, Amphipoda species (Suborders: Amphilochidea and Senticaudata) from Vasiliko Bay, Cyprus: New records, information on their biogeography and an annotated checklist from the coasts of Cyprus, Zootaxa 4896 (3), pp. 373-408 : 390

33. Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana ( Spence Bate, 1857)

Materials examined. 25 individuals; Stations Vas. 1(7), 3(12), 6(1), 9(5)

Distribution. Atlanto-Mediterranean ( Bellan-Santini & Ruffo 2003). The species was reported from Cyprus by Kocatas et al. (2001). In Vasiliko Bay (current study), it is considered as a rare species (FI: 9.52 %).

Ecology. In the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, B. guilliamsoniana was found in sandy substrates at depths 3–5 m ( Voultsiadou-Koukoura & Stefanidou 1995; Kocatas et al. 2001). In Vasiliko Bay it was found at depths of 5–10 m (6 + 2 m), in sandy substrates with organic matter ranging between 1.859 –2.757 % (2.203 + 0.409 %) and in association with C. prolifera and C. cylindracea . It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix Index as in: “high” (2 stations, 8 individuals) and “good” (2 stations, 17 individuals). It was recorded in underwater outlets (7 individuals).