Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890

Guerra-García, José M., 2003, The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 232, pp. 1-24 : 7

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Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 )

Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890: 40 , pl. 1, figs. 25–27, pl. 3, figs. 32–35, pl. 5, figs. 52–53, pl. 6, figs. 13, 33–34, pl. 7, fig. 4; McCain, 1968: 61 –64, figs. 29–30; McCain & Steinberg, 1970: 51; Gable & LazoWasem, 1987: 637; Müller, 1990: 836; Serejo, 1997: 631, fig. 1. Hemiaegina quadripunctata Sundara Raj, 1927: 126 –127, pl. 18.

Hemiaegina costai Quitete, 1972: 165 –168, pls. 1–2.

Material examined. BT: 3 males, 5 females, 2 juveniles, on Turbinaria ornata , 3 m, 9th July 2002.

Remarks. Hemiaegina minuta is widely distributed in tropical and temperate waters of the world oceans ( Müller, 1990). Hemiaegina minuta has been collected from Sargassum sp and taken in plankton tows ( McCain & Steinberg, 1970). Müller (1990) reported H. minuta preferring moreorless exposed reef locations. Recently, the author has studied material of H. minuta from Papua New Guinea living on Dictyota sp, Halimeda sp, Gracilaria sp, Galaxaura sp., and Amansia glomerata (Agardh) Norris, 1979 ; and also from Queensland and northwestern Australia on many different substrata: green algae such as Halimeda spp, brown and red algae, sponges, tunicates, Posidonia and dead corals encrusted with algal turf. and under small boulders (GuerraGarcía, personal observations).

References

Gable, M. F. & Lazo-Wasem, E. A. (1987) The Caprellids (Amphipoda: Caprellida) of Bermuda: a survey of specimens collected from 1876 - 1987, including cave inhabitants, and the description of Deutella aspiducha, new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 100, 629 - 639.

Mayer, P. (1890) Die Caprelliden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 17, 1 - 55.

McCain, J. C. (1968) The Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the western North Atlantic. United States National Museum Bulletin, 278, 1 - 147.

McCain, J. C. & Steinberg, J. E. (1970) Amphipoda - I, Caprellidea - I, Family Caprellidae. In: Gruner, H. E, & Holthuis, L. B (Ed) Crustaceorum Catalogus, 2, 1 - 78.

Muller, H. G. (1990) New species and records of coral reef inhabiting Caprellidae from Bora Bora and Moorea, Society Islands (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 97, 827 - 842.

Quitete, J. M. P. A. (1972) Hemiagina costai, nova especie de Caprellidae da costa brasileira (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Atas da Sociedade de Biologia do Rio de Janeiro, 15, 165 - 168.

Serejo, C. (1997) Hemiaegina costai Quitete, 1972 a synonym of Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890 (Amphipoda: Caprellidae). Crustaceana, 70, 630 - 632.

Sundara Raj, B. (1927) Suborder Caprellidea (Laemodipoda). The littoral fauna of Krusada Island in the Gulf of Manaar. The Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum. Natural History Section, 1, 125 - 128.