Stenothoe tergestina ( Nebeski, 1881 )

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 : 388

26. Stenothoe tergestina ( Nebeski, 1881)

Materials examined. 2 individuals; Stations Vas. 8(1), 32(1).

Distribution. Atlanto-Mediterranean ( Bellan-Santini & Ruffo 2003). The species was reported from Cyprus by Kocatas et al. (2001) and Christodoulou et al. (2013). In Vasiliko Bay (current study), it is considered as a rare species (FI: 4.76 %).

Ecology. In Vasiliko Bay it was found at 11 and 44 m depth (27 + 24 m), in sandy and muddy sand substrate with organic matter being 3.058 and 6.434 % (4.746 + 2.388 %) and in association with C. nodosa . It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix Index as in: “high” (1 station, 1 individual) and “moderate” (1 station, 1 individual).