Bijdragen lot de Dierkunde, 62 (1) 21-36 (1992)
SPB Academie Publishing bv, The Hague
Marine interstitial Amphipoda and Isopoda (Crustacea) from Santiago,
Cape Verde Islands
Jan H. Stock & Ronald Vonk
Institute of Taxonomie Zoology, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 4766, 1009AT Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Keywords: Amphipoda, Isopoda, interstitial, Cape Verde Islands
Abstract Material and methods
Three of recorded from interstices of The material which this is based been species Amphipoda are a on paper has collected with
marine beach the island of Verde Bou-Rouch tidal on Santiago, Cape Archipela- a biophreatical pump (see Bou, 1975), on a
littoralis Psam- beach flat the island of in the Verde Ar- go: Cabogidiella n. gen., n. sp. (Bogidiellidae), on Santiago Cape
50 mogammarus spinosus n. sp. (Melitidae), and Idunella sketi chipelago,at a depth of some cm below the substrate surface,
Karaman, 1980 (Liljeborgiidae).The latter, widely distributed at several places between low-tide and a zone rather high in the
species (West Indies, Canary Islands), is new to the Cape Verde mediolittoral belt. The sediments in which the animals lived con-
Islands. Furthermore, an isopod is described from the same lo- sisted of a mixture of gravel, coarse sand, and some silt. At the
Caecostenetroides mixtum of the the in the cality, n. sp. (Gnathostenetroididae). moment sampling, salinity was same as open
sea, but - because the beach in question is situated in the mouth
of a temporarily dry torrent which carries water only during ex-
Résumé ceptional showers - an occasional decrease in salinity is
possible.
Trois espèces d’Amphipodes sont signalées d’interstices d’une
plage marine sur l’île de Santiago, archipel du Cap-Vert:
Cabogidiella littoralis et nov. (Bogidiellidae), Psam- gen. sp. Taxonomic part
mogammarus spinosus sp. nov. (Melitidae) et Idunella sketi
1980 Karaman, (Liljeborgiidae).La dernière, une espèce large- AMPHIPODA ment répandue (Indes occidentales, îles Canaries), est nouvelle
les îles du décrit de la même pour Cap-Vert. Également localité, Family Bogidiellidae
un Caecostenetroides mixtum est Isopode, sp. nov. (Gnatho-
stenetroididae). Cabogidiella n. gen.
Introduction Diagnosis. - Bogidiellidae with 5 pairs of coxal
gills (on pereionites 2 through 6). Molar part of
the frame of In of a study on the stygofauna the mandible in reduction. Palp of first maxilla
mid-Atlanticislands, a visit was paid to two islands 2-segmented. Pleopodal exopodites 3-segmented, of the Verde The Uro- Cape Archipelago. present paper not sexually dimorphic; endopodite absent.
describes number a of malacostracan crustaceans pod 1: both rami of both sexes modified into
found in interstitialwaters of a marine beach on the dagger-like structures. Rami of uropod 3 subequal
island of Santiago. Previous to our studies, no in length.
stygofaunal crustaceans were known from this The genus is monotypic; type-species C. littoralis
island. n. sp. 22 J.H. Stock & R. Vonk - Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
Derivatio nominis. - The generic name is a con- Genera nrs. 7 and 8 differ from Cabogidiella in
traction of the terra typica, the Cape Verde Islands, an apomorphic, 1-segmented palp of maxilla 1 (ver-
and the of the of the and in name type-genus family sus 2-segmented), "special" pleopods (third
The inter- Bogidiellidae. specific name refers to the exopodite segment minute or absent; endopodite at
tidal habitat. least as long as first exopodite segment).
No doubt, the new genus Cabogidiella is closest
Remarks. - Withinthe family Bogidiellidae (sensu to Antillogidiella (nr. 5) and Actogidiella (nr. 6),
Stock, 1981, and Coineau & Stock, 1986), there are both endemic to the West Indian area sensu lato.
that the transformation several (sub)genera share The latter two differ (1) in having coxal gills on
of of 1 into less one or both rami uropod more or pereionites 4 through 6 only (on 2 through 6 in the
dagger-shaped structures: (1) Pseudingolfiella new genus); (2) in lacking a dagger-like modifica-
Noodt, 1965; (2) Dussartiella Ruffo, 1979; (3) Ker- tion in the rami of uropod 1 of the male (although
guelenella Ruffo, 1974; (4) Bollegidia Ruffo, 1974; those of the female are modified as in both sexes of
(5) Antillogidiella Stock, 1981; (6) Actogidiella Cabogidiella); and (3) in showing sexual dimor-
Stock, 1981; (7) Marigidiella Stock, 1981; (8) phism in pleopod 2 (none in the new genus).
Marinogidiella Karaman, 1982*; (9) Cabogidiella As is usual in the Bogidiellidae, the (sub)genera
n. gen.; and perhaps (10) Aurobogidiella Karaman, are characterized by a combination of apomorphic
1988. Most of share of and characters of rather refined these genera the same type plesiomorphic a
habitat, viz. marine intertidalor sublittoral sands. nature. In Cabogidiella, the absence of sexual
Dussartiella from freshwater Only comes a spring dimorphism in the pleopods and the high number
and Antillogidiella has been found in a brackish of coxal gills (5 pairs) are plesiomorphic, but the
well and in an anchihaline cave. modified uropod 1 in both maleand female and the
Of these reduced molar of mandible genera, nr. 1 is characterized by an apo- part the are apo-
morphic (uniramous) uropod 3. Nr. 2 has an apo- morphic.
morphic (reduced) mandible palp, a parviramous
and uropod 3, a plesiomorphic (multisegmented)
in the littoralis exopodite pleopods. Nr. 3 is, amongst other Cabogidiella n. sp.
characters, characterized by apomorphic (uniseg- (Figs. 1-2)
rami of the Nr. 4 mented) pleopods. possesses an
The - apomorphic (uniramous) uropod 1. remaining Material. All from the intertidal zone of a beach in the mouth
of a dry riverbed, genera, nrs. 5 through 10, belong to the cluster S.W. ofAchada de Santo Antonio (island of
2 Santiago, S.W. of Praia); UTM coordinates TS 2785 x around the genus Bogidiella. l6 4885; 31 Jan. 1991. Of these, nr. 10 possesses, according to Kara- Sta. 91-24: 1 1 89 in o* (holotype), Ç (allotype), paratypes, man's (1988) Fig. 1J, a dagger-shaped endopodite a bank of fine gravel at mid-tide (Zoölogisch Museum Amster- in uropod 1, but in his text (: 101) this shape is dis- dam, ZMA Coll. Nr. Amph. 108.832).
1 missed as due to previous damage. The exopodite Sta. 91-21: paratype, in a tidal pool filled with sand and
mid-tide of gravel, at (ZMA Amph. 108.835). uropod 1 in this genus is more or less plesio- 11 Sta. 91-22: paratypes, in a creek with sandy bottom, below morphic, in that it bears some distal spines. the mid-tide level (ZMA Amph. 108.833). Aurobogidiella differs moreover from Cabogidiella Sta. 91-23: 12 paratypes, near the low-tide line, in rather fine in the plesiomorphic 4-segmented exopodites of sand (ZMA Amph. 108.834).
pleopods 1 and 2 (versus 3-segmented), the absence Accompanying interstitial fauna: Caecostenetroides mixtum
of n. sp. (Isopoda), Psammogammarusspinosus n. sp., Dulzura a coxal gill on pereionite 2 (versus presence), and lobata Stock & Vonk, 1991, Idunella sketi Karaman, 1980 (Am- a less reduced mandible (with spine row between in- phipoda), and Staurocladia sp. (Hydrozoa). cisor and molar).
Description. - Small-sized species (body length
* As the date of to of publication Karaman's see Coineau paper, 1.13-1.49mm, n = 10); males tend to be slightly & Stock, 1986: 580. smaller than females. Body shape as typical of the Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 62 (1) - 1992 23
Fig. 1. Cabogidiellalittoralis n. gen., n. sp., paratypes: a, antenna 1, (scale A); b, antenna 2, (A); c, right mandible, (D); d, left corpus mandibulae, (D); e, labium, (E); f, maxilla 1, (D); g, maxilla 2, (D); h, maxilliped, (D); i, tip of maxillipedal from different of palp, , seen a angle (B); j, gnathopod 1, (C); k, gnathopod2, (C); 1, coxal gill and oostegite pereiopod 5,
(C). Scales on Fig. 2. 24 J.H. Stock & R. Vonk - Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
Basis with Bogidiella-group; blind, colourless. 1 long seta on posterior margin. Propo-
with 2 of size that Antenna 1 (Fig. la) spines on ventral mar- dus same as of gnathopod 1, elongate-
of 2 with gin of peduncle segment 1 ; segment 2 about 75% ovate; palmar angle spines; palmar margin length of segment 1 ; segment 3 more than 50% of setae only. length of segment 2. Accessory flagellum Pereiopods 3 (Fig. 2a) and 4 of similar morpholo-
armed. 5 2-segmented, long. Flagellum 7-segmented; long gy, very poorly Pereiopod (Fig. 2b) slight-
than aesthetascs on segments 3 through 6. ly longer pereiopod 4, poorly armed. Pereio-
Antenna 2 (Fig. lb) with short, plump gland pod 6 as long as pereiopod 5 and of similar mor- cone. Flagellum 5-segmented; 1 short aesthetasc on phology. Pereiopod 7 (Fig. 2c) longer and more segment 5. robust than pereiopod 6 and more strongly armed,
with distal end of and Mandibles (Figs, le, d): Incisor short, robust, some long setae on carpus
anterior of teeth poorly developed. Right lacinia mobilis finely some very long setae on margin propo-
dus. Claw about 60% of of denticulate; left lacinia vaguely 5- or 6-dentate. very long, length propo-
Molar reduced in size; left molar with minute seta, dus. No lentiform organs on pereiopods 3 to 7. right molar without seta. Palp 3-segmented; seg- Coxal gills on pereionites 2 through 6, ovate with ment 2 distally swollen, with 1 seta; segment 3 nar- poorly demarcated basal stalk; very small (not ex-
than 3 ventral of coxal rower segment 2, with (sub)distal setae. tending beyond margin plate) on
Labium (Fig. le) with well-developed outer pereionite 2, small (but extending beyond coxal
inner lobes almost lobes; probably represented by plate) on remaining pereionites (Fig. II). Oostegites
stretch between lobes. in distal straight outer on pereionites 2 through 5, short, linear,
Maxilla 1 (Fig. If) with 2-segmented palp; palp part armed with some 8 long setae, which are about segment 2 with 3 distal setae. Outer lobewith 7 dis- as long as oostegite (Fig. 11). tal spines; inner margin of these spines, from lateral Epimeral plates (Fig. 2d) with convex, naked to medial, armed with0-3-0-1-3-0-3 denticles. Inner ventral margin. Posteroventral corner notched, lobe with truncate distal margin, armed with 2 with 1 setule, in plates 1 and 2; rounded, without setae. setule, in plate 3.
Maxilla 3 of similar 2 (Fig. lg) with 6 setae on outer lobe and Pleopods 1 to general morphology
4 on inner lobe. (Figs. 2e-g), but decreasing in length in an-
Maxilliped (Figs, lh, i): Inner and outer plates teroposterior direction. Peduncle with2 retinacula.
inner with 2 1 with 2 short short; plate distally simple teeth; outer Exopodite segment plumose setae; plate distally with 2 simple spines. Palp segment 3 segment 2 with 2 medium-sized plumose setae; seg-
with withrow of 5 teeth and 6 medialsetae. Shape of seg- ment 3 long and slender, 2 long plumose setae.
and show ments 3 4 up differently when seen from Endopodite absent. different 4 without angles (see illustrations). Segment (dac- Uropod 1 (Fig. 2h): Peduncle ven- tylus) more or less strongly curved, distally with 3 troproximal spine and without dorsal spines; distal elements (2 long, 1 short). spines small. Exopodite much shorter than endopo-
Coxal plates small, wider than long, not over- dite, upcurved, dagger-shaped, armed with 1 setule lapping. at about60% of its length. Endopodite likewise up-
Gnathopod (Fig. Ij): Basis with 1 long seta on curved and dagger-shaped, with 1 setule slightly posterior margin. Merus with finger-shaped dis- proximad of middle of segment. toposterior projection, armed with 1 seta. Carpus Uropod 2 (Fig. 2i) normal. Peduncle with 2 distal with rounded shorter than broad, posterior projection, armed spines only. Exopodite slightly en- with 1 barbed spine and 1 barbed seta. Propodus dopodite, both with short distal spines only. elongate-ovate; 2 palmar angle spines; palmar mar- Uropod 3 (Fig. 2j): Peduncle and rami armed gin convex, with 2 long setae and some small se- with very long spines. Rami of equal length. Exopo- tules. curved. Dactylus dite usually with groupof central spines (number of
2 between and with Gnathopod (Fig. Ik) longer than gnathopod 1. spines may vary 0 4), endopodite Bijdragen tot deDierkunde, 62 (1) - 1992 25
2. littoralis Fig. Cabogidiella n. gen., n. sp., paratypes: a, pereiopod 3, (scale A); b, pereiopod 5, (A); c, pereiopod 7, (A);
d, epimeralplates 1 to 3, (A); e, pleopod 1, (F); f, pleopod 2, (F); g, pleopod3, (F); h, uropod 1, (C); i, uropod 2,
(C); j, uropod 3, (F); k, telson, (B). [ex. = exopodite.] 26 J.H. Stock & R. Vonk - Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
middle of and of with 1 spine near medial margin. ele segments 4 5 equal length, some se-
Telson distal (Fig. 2k) roughly trapezoidal; mar- tae. Flagellum 7-segmented.
almost Labrum distal gin straight; 1 or 2 long distolateral spines, as illustrated (Fig. 3d); margin
1 short spine and 2 sensory setules on lateral almost straight.
margin. Left mandible (Fig. 3e) with 3-segmented palp,
in short. Incisor Lacinia mobilis No sexual differences observed pereional, segment 3 5-dentate.
5 Molar with pleonal, or urosomal appendages. 5-dentate; pre-lacinia spines. small,
short, plumose molar seta. Right mandible(Fig. 3f)
Remarks. - number of left but lacinia with 2 toothed Although a large specimens as one, finely cusps,
is available, not a single specimen is complete: the and 4 pre-lacinia spines; molar likewise with seta.
third Labium with distinct inner lobes posterior pereiopods and the uropod are very (Fig. 3g).
Left maxilla with often lacking. In the above description a combina- 1 (Fig. 3h) slender, narrow,
armed in distal with tion is made of the appendages of several para- 2-segmented palp, part 4 types. slender spines and 1 seta. Outer lobe with 7 spines,
the medial margin of which (from lateral to medial)
with 3-3-many-l-many-1-many denticles, respec-
Family Melitidae tively. Inner lobe roughly rectangular, with 1 short
Genus Psammogammarus S. Karaman, 1955 and 4 long setae. Palp of right maxilla 1 (Fig. 3i)
with much more robust than left, 1 seta and 4 short
Psammogammarus spinosus n. sp. spines.
(Figs. 3-6) Maxilla 2 (Fig. 3j) with oblique row of 4 strong
setae on inner lobe.
Material. - Sta. 91-21:1 cr holotype, 8 paratypes (ZMA Amph. Maxilliped (Fig. 4a): Palp segment 3 bulbous;
108.828); sta. 91-22: 2 (ZMA Amph. 108.830); sta. paratypes claw long, curved. Outer lobe with 2 spines on distal
91-23: 1 9 allotype, 2 paratypes (ZMA Amph. 108.829); sta. with margin and 2 on medial margin. Inner lobe 3 91-24: 14 paratypes (ZMA Amph. 108.831). For more details small distal spine-teeth. about these stations, see above under Cabogidiellalittoralis. Gnathopod 1 (Fig. 4b) much smaller than
gnathopod 2. Coxal plate much wider than long. Description. - Body shape resembling that of Ps. Merus lobate. Carpus longer than wide, shorter stocki Vonk, 1990. Coxal plates 1 to 4 touching or than propodus. Propodus with 2 palmar angle slightly overlapping, plates 5 to 7 not touching. spines; palmar margin convex, finely denticulate, Body length (without antennae and uropods) of
with row of 8 small, partly bifid, spines. Claw adult male 2.6 mm, of adult female 2.5 mm. curved. females with Ovigerous very few (1 to 3) large eggs. Gnathopod 2 (Fig. 4d) with long, ribbon-shaped Blind. Body unpigmented. Dorsum armed with a coxal gill. Coxal plate wider than long. Merus not few setules only. Lateral head lobe (Fig. 3a) lobate, but with small distoposterior point. Carpus pronounced, rounded; antennal sinus hardly indi-
triangular. Propodus elongate-ovate. Palmar mar- cated, unnotched.Epimeral plates (Fig. 3k) without with small gin convex, finely denticulate, 7 spines ventral armature, weakly pointed. and 2 palmar angle spines. Claw thin, curved. Appendages of female: Antenna 1 (Fig. 3b) 1.7 Pereiopods 3 (Fig. 5a) and 4 similar; coxal plate mm long. Peduncle armed with setae only; pedun- wider than long; coxal gill elongate ovate, nearly as cle segment 1 > 2 > 3. Accessory flagellum about basis. All long as segments sparsely setose. as long as proximal two flagellum segments com- Pereiopod 5 (Fig. 5b) much shorter than pereio- bined, 2-segmented. Flagellum 13-segmented, aes- pod 6. Coxal plate anterolobate, with somewhat thetascs on segments 3 through 12, thin, about75% club-shaped coxal gill, smaller than coxal gill of P3. of of length corresponding flagellum segment. Posterodistal corner of basis subangular; both an- Antenna 2 (Fig. 3c) much shorter than antenna 1. terior and posterior margin of basis almost straight. Gland cone distally truncate, rather short. Pedun- Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 62 (1) - 1992 27
Fig. 3. Psammogammarusspinosus n. sp., paratypes: a, head, from the right, (scale G); b, antenna 1, (H); c, antenna 2, (H); d, labrum, (I); e, left mandible, (J); f, right corpus mandibulae, (J); g, labium, (I); h, left maxilla 1, (J); i, palp of right maxilla 1, (J); j, maxilla 2, (E); k, epimeral plates 1 to 3, (G). Scales on Fig. 5. 28 J.H. Stock & R. Vonk - Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
d, Fig. 4. Psammogammarus spinosus n. sp., paratypes: a, maxilliped, (scale J); b, gnathopod 1, (J); c, gnathopod2, (G);
gnathopod2, (G). Scales on Fig. 5. Bijdragen tot deDierkunde, 62 (1) - 1992 29
5. basal of Fig. Psammogammarusspinosus n. sp., paratypes: a, pereiopod 3, (scale G); b, pereiopod 5, (H); c, part pereiopod
6, (H); d, pereiopod 7, (H); e, basis of pereiopod 7, (I); f, telson, (I). [p.s. = prepeduncularspine of uropod 3.] - 30 J.H. Stock & R. Vonk Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
Fig. 6. Psammogammarus spinosus n. sp., paratypes: a, uropod 1, (scale I); b, uropod 2, (I); c, uropod 3, (I). Scales on Fig. 5.
Pereiopods 6 and 7 subequal in length. Pereio- sal inner spine; 2 short distodorsal outer spines. Ex- pod 6 (Fig. 5c) with equilobate, small coxal plate, opodite slightly shorter than endopodite, with 1
anterior coxal dorsal of which bearing strong seta on margin; gill spine and 4 distal spines, one very small. Margins of basis almost straight; long. Endopodite with 1 or 2 dorsal spines and 5 posterodistal lobe angular. Pereiopod 7 (Fig. 5d) distal spines, of which 2 long. with small, non-lobate, rectangular coxal plate, Uropod 2 (Fig. 6b): Peduncle with 3 distal spines. bearing strong seta on anterior margin; no coxal Exopodite slightly shorter than endopodite, with 1 gill. Basis with almost straight margins; dorsal spine and 4 distal spines. Endopodite with 2 posterodistal lobe pointed. dorsal, 2 medial, and 5 distal spines.
Oostegites (Fig. 5a) linear, on gnathopod 2 and Uropod 3 (Fig. 6c) with long, ventral, prepedun- pereiopods 3, 4, and 5; with few, long, marginal cular spine (p.s. in Fig. 5f). Peduncle with 6 long setae. distal spines. Endopodite tapering, short, about as
Pleopods 1 to 3 "ordinary". Endopodite longer long as peduncle; with 1 distal seta and 2 short, than Ramiof first exopodite. pleopod 7-segmented; medial setae. Exopodite segment 2 longer than seg- of third second and pleopods 4- to 6-segmented. ment 1 ; segment 1 armed mostly with spiniform ele-
Two denticulate retinacula on peduncle. ments, segment 2 mostly with setiform elements.
Telson almost each Uropod 1 (Fig. 6a): Peduncle with strong ven- (Fig. 5f) completely cleft; troproximal spine; 2 laterodorsal spines; 4 medio- lobe with 2 very long lateral spines in subproximal dorsal spines; very long, slightly upcurved distodor- position (sometimes these 2 spines of very unequal Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 62 (1) - 1992 31
length), 1 mediolateral, plumose setule, 2 very long Karaman, 1980: 425-430, Figs. I-IV.
distal spines, and 2 long, subdistal sensory setules.
Material. - Sta. 91-22: 21 specimens; sta. 91-24: 42 specimens
(for details about these stations, see under Cabogidiella lit- Appendages of male. — Pronounced sexual dimor- toralis). phism in gnathopod 2 (Fig. 4c) only: basis with 1
seta on posterior margin; propodus larger than in Remarks. — This species, originally described from
female and somewhat more swollen; palmar margin anchihaline cave waters of Bermuda, is common in
with distinct emargination just distad of the two an- interstitia of coarse sand and gravel in shallow gle spines and 2 (hardly separated) swellings in dis- waters of several places in the West Indies and in
tal part. the Canary Islands. It is new to the Cape Verde calceoli sexual No on antennae. No dimorphism Islands.
in pleopods. None of the males examined has re-
tained the third uropod.
ISOPODA
- The name (Latin, Etymology. specific spinosus Family Gnathostenetroididae
alludes to the telson spines. spiny) long Genus Caecostenetroides Fresi & Schiecke, 1968
Remarks. - Stock & Sánchez (1987) have presented Caecostenetroides mixtum n. sp. a key to the species of Psammogammarus s.l. In the (Figs. 7-9) years after 1987 two more species have been
described in the genus, viz. Ps. stocki Vonk, 1990
Material. - Sta. 91-24: a (holotype), allotype, and Ps. fluviatilis Stock, 1991. The former species 1 1 9 53 para-
types (ZMA Is. 105.513); sta. 91-21: 22 paratypes (ZMA Is. keys out in couplet 3b of the key, the latter in 105.510); sta. 91-22: 14 paratypes (ZMA Is. 105.511); sta. 91-23: couplet 2b. The new species described in the present 5 paratypes (ZMA Is. 105.512). For more details about these sta-
out in 3a, with Ps. gar- paper keys couplet together tions, see under Cabogidiellalittoralis.
thi(Barnard, 1952), but it differs from garthi in the
telson with short in - following respects: (1) spines Description. Body length (cephalic frons to distal
in basis garthi, versus very long spines spinosus; (2) margin pleotelson) 3.5 mm (female paratype) or 3.3 of 7 with tall in pereiopod distoposterior point gar- mm (male holotype). Body (Fig. 7a) almost colour-
a small in thi, versus point spinosus; (3) palmar less, eye-less. Anterolateralcorners of pereionites 1
of male 2 in emargination gnathopod deep garthi, to 6 with small spine. shallow in coxal 7 and spinosus; (4) plate triangular Antenna 1 (Fig. 7c) 5-segmented; 1 long aes-
naked in and with 1 seta garthi, rectangular strong thetásc on apex of segment 5 and 1 distolateral aes- in of basis of thetasc spinosus; (5) posterior margin gnatho- on segment 4.
1 naked in with 2 setae in Antenna pod garthi, long spinosus; 2 (Figs. 7d, e): Small 1-segmented ex-
basis of 5 with (6) pereiopod overhanging postero- opodite inserted on peduncle segment 3; flagellum distal lobe in garthi, non-overhanging in spinosus; 18- to 25-segmented.
(7) distomedial peduncular spine of uropod 1 short Labrum(Fig. 7f) rounded. Labium(Fig. 7b) with in in distal of rami garthi, long spinosus; (8) spines many subapical setae. of 1 shorter in than in uropod garthi spinosus. Mandibles (Figs. 7g, h) with heavy incisor. Left
mandible(Fig. 7g) with 3-dentatelacinia mobilis; 2
serrate and 4 smooth spines between incisor and
Family Liljeborgiidae molar; molar conical, with 3 subapical setae and
Genus Idunella Sars, 1895 tuft of setules; palp 3-segmented, segment 2 with 1
barbed, 1 smooth, and 2 smaller spines; segment 3
Idunella sketi Karaman, 1980 sickle-shaped with 10-15 small spinules on endal 32 J.H, Stock & R. Vonk - Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
Fig. 7. Caecostenetroides mixtum n. sp. (a, paratype, 2.5 mm; d, allotype, 3.3 mm; b-c, e-h, holotype, 3.3 mm): a, body, lateral labium 1 mandible (scale K); b, (L); c, antenna (L); d, antenna 2 (L); e, peduncle of antenna 2 (L); f, labrum (L); g, left (M); h, right mandible (M). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 62 (1) - 1992 33
8. 2.7 3.2 Fig. Caecostenetroides mixtum n. sp. (a-c, holotype, 3.3 mm; d, i, paratype, mm; e, paratype, mm; f, allotype,
2 1 3.3 mm; g-h, paratype, 2.5 mm): a, maxilla 1 (scale M); b, maxilla (M); c, maxilliped (L); d, pereiopod (L); e, pereiopod 2 (L);
Scales f, distal part of pereiopod 1 (M); g, pereiopod 3 (L); h, pereiopod 4 (L); i, pereiopod 5 (L). on Fig. 7. 34 J.H. Stock & R. Vonk - Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
dite with margin and 1 strong apical spine. Right mandible with 3 plumose distalsetae, exopodite 2 se-
(Fig. 7h) with 10-12 spines between incisor and tae, 1 distal and 1 subdistal. Pleopod 4 cr (Fig. 9h)
and 3 molar; no lacinia observed. 9 with 2-segmented exopodite, bearing
Maxilla 1 (Fig. 8a): Outer lobe with 6-8 denticu- plumose distal setae; endopodite with 1 distal
late spines; inner lobe with several distal and sub- plumose setule. Pleopod 5 cr (Fig. 9i) and 9 unira-
with distal distal setae and setules, and a small, toothed dis- mous, unsegmented, 1 short plumose
tomedial element. seta.
Maxilla 2 (Fig. 8b) with 3 lobes: outer lobe with Uropod (Fig. 9j): Peduncle and rami richly se-
central lobe with 3 inner lobe about half 5, pennate spines, tose; exopodite as long as endopodite.
with 9-11 distal and mediodistal setae, one of Marsupium consisting of large, overlapping
which barbed. translucent plates, devoid of setae, attached lateral-
Maxilliped (Fig. 8c) with elongate-oval epipo- ly to pereionites 2 to 5. Genital papillae of male
dite. Endite with straight medial margin, armed (Fig. 9k) protruding ventroproximally from
with several setules and 3 coupling hooks, opposing pereionite 7.
3 hooks on the contralateral side; anterior margin No clear secondary sexual differences have been
truncate. Palp 5-segmented, segments 1 to 3 ex- observed, except for the females being somewhat
panded, segments 4 and 5 narrow. larger than the males, and of course in the pleopods
Pereiopod 1 (Figs. 8d, f): Carpus elongate- 1 and 2.
trapezoidal, ventrally with 4-5 pectinate setae and
8-12 smooth - setae. Propodus elongate-rectan- Remarks. Four species of Caecostenetroides are gular, twice as long as wide; ventral margin lined actually known: C. ischitanum Fresi & Schiecke,
with 6 conical spines and 1 long palmar angle spine, 1968; C. nipponicum Nunomura, 1975, C. rudera-
latter finely serrate on inner margin and with thin lis Stock & Vonk, 1990, and C. ascensionis Vonk & extension Palmar at tip. margin slightly convex, Stock, 1991. Caecostenetroides mixtum n. sp. is with 2 spines, one of which serrate. Dactylus with closely related to C. ruderalis, from marine inter-
3 denticulate teeth on endal margin; unguis less stices of Tenerife (Canary Islands). The most im- than half doubtthat the second male as long as dactylus. portant difference is no
Pereiopods 2 to 7 (Figs. 8e, g-i; 9a-c) subsimi- pleopod does not resemble that of C. ruderalis, but
lar. Propodus usually with 4 crooked spines on en- that of two geographically more remote species, C. dal sometimes margin, with 2, 3, or 5; presence of ascensionis and C. nipponicum (exopodite with
inner plumose seta on margin of basis variable as short distal seta, instead of a long seta; endopodite well. with Dactylus 2 subequal claws, a sigmoid dis- with bunch of distal spines, instead of one large sig- tal and smaller distal differences seta, some setules. Remaining moid spine). Other, less striking, per- setation rather irregular. tain to (1) the first antenna, which bears 2 aes-
Pleonites Two free well- in in rude (Figs. 7a, 9k): pleonites, thetascs C. mixtum, versus 1 C. ra lis; (2) developed, not enclosed by pereionite 7. the presence of anterolateralspines on the corners
Pleopods: Pleopod 1 (Fig. 9e) present in cr, lack- of the pereionites, absent in C. ruderalis; (3) ab-
in ing 9 ; large and operculiform, deeply cleft, sence of distal spiniform processes on the labium,
2 covering remaining pleopods. Pleopods cr (Fig. versus presence in C. ruderalis; (4) more post-
with medial 9f) separate, basipodite 3 setae; exopo- incisor spines, several of them naked; (5) broad, dite last with smooth of 2-segmented, segment 1 short seta; en- spines on propodal margin pereiopod 1,
2 with bundle of 3 instead of 4 endal on dopodite segment vaguely pec- spines dactylus. tinate no observed The of a second aesthetasc on antenna "setae"; longitudinal grooves presence
the along segments. Pleopods 2 9 (Fig. 9d) fused, 1 is encountered also in C. ischitanum, from the
with medioterminal operculiform, notch and 4 se- Gulf of Naples, but not in the other species. tae. Pleopod 3 cr (Fig. 9g)and 9 with 2-segmented
- The alludes exopodite and 1-segmented endopodite; endopo- Etymology. specific name, mixtum, Bijdragen tot deDierkunde, 62 (1) - 1992 35
9. Caecoslenetroides mixtum 3.2 2.7 3.3 Fig. n. sp. (a, c-d, paratype, mm; b, paratype mm; e-f, holotype mm; g-j, para- type, 2.5 mm): a, pereiopod 6 (Scale L); b, pereiopod 7 (L); c, pereiopod 7 (L); d, pleopod 2 (L); e, pleopod 1 (L); f, pleopod 2 (L);
4 7 g, pleopod 3 (L); h, pleopod (L); i, pleopod 5 (L); j, uropod (L); k, pereionite with genital papillae(pleopod 1 not shown) (K). Scales
7. on Fig. 36 J.H. Stock & R. Vonk - Marine interstitial Crustacea from the Cape Verde Islands
i to the mixture of morphological traits of various ly, Aurobogidiella,n. gen. Poljoprivreda Sumarstvo, 34(4):
species of Caecostenetroides. 93-105.
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Osaka Bay, Middle Japan, 1. Bull. Osaka Mus. nat. Hist., 29:
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(Gammaridea)from coastal seawater (mesopsammon)of Ita- Received: 22 August 1991