Odaginiceps xamaneki Fiers, 1995

Gómez, Samuel & Morales-Serna, Francisco Neptali, 2015, On a small collection of Tetragonicipitidae Lang, 1944 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Mexico: new records and new species, Journal of Natural History 49 (45), pp. 2827-2868 : 2830

Odaginiceps xamaneki Fiers, 1995

Odaginiceps Fiers, 1995 in Gómez and Morales-Serna (2014 , Appendix 2: 121)

Locality

Off Campeche State; 18.7525° N, 92.5028° W; 16 m depth .

Material examined

One adult female, dissected (EMUCOP-07); one adult male dissected (EMUCOP-08); one adult male, one adult female and one male C IV in alcohol (EMUCOP-09).

Remarks

The genus Odaginiceps was created by Fiers (1995) to accommodate O. clarkae Fiers, 1995 as the type species, O. elegantissima and O. xamaneki . At present the genus is composed of the preceding species and O. immanis Fiers and De Troch, 2000 , and O. korykosensis Karaytug, Sak and Alper, 2010 . Odaginiceps elegantissima has been reported from Bermuda only. The records of O. elegantissima presented herein extend its distribution range to the southern region of the Gulf of Mexico and to the Tropical Eastern Pacific. The species shows preference for sandy-silt sediments of relatively shallow systems (up to 16 m depth) ( Fiers 1995; Gómez-Noguera and Hendrickx 1997). Odaginiceps xamaneki was originally described by Fiers (1995) from samples collected from the western region of the Yucatan continental shelf. The record of this species presented herein extends its distribution range to the coasts of Campeche State. The species has been found at depths of 40.9 m ( Fiers 1995) and 16 m (present study), and shows preference for sandy and well-oxygenated sediments.