Protohyale (Boreohyale) camptonyx ( Heller, 1866 )

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 : 391

38. Protohyale (Boreohyale) camptonyx ( Heller, 1866)

Materials examined. 1 individual; Station Vas.4 (1).

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: 2.38 %).

Ecology. In Vasiliko Bay it was found at 55 m depth, in muddy sand substrate with 6.933 % organic matter. The station was in “moderate” ecological status according to the Bentix Index.