Synchelidium haplocheles ( Grube, 1864 )

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 : 386

19. Synchelidium haplocheles ( Grube, 1864)

Materials examined. 4 individuals; Stations: Vas. 3(3), 41(1).

Distribution. Atlanto-Mediterranean ( Bellan-Santini & Ruffo 2003). The species is reported in Cyprus (Vasiliko bay) for the first time. In Vasiliko Bay it is considered to be a rare species (FI: 4.76 %).

Ecology. In Vasiliko Bay it was found at 5 and 40 m depth (22 + 25 m), in sandy and muddy sand substrates with organic matter being 1.859 and 11.119 % (6.489 + 6.547 %) and association with C. prolifera , C. cylindracea and H. stipulacea . It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix index as in: “good” (1 station, 3 individuals) and “moderate” (1 station, 1 individual).