A COLLECTION of THALASSINIDEA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA) from the Pacinc COAST of COLOMBIA, with DESCRIPTION of a NEW SPECIES and a CHECKLIST of EASTERN PACIFIC SPECIES
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II June 1992 PROC. BIOL. SOC. WASH. 105(2), 1992. pp. 343-358 A COLLECTION OF THALASSINIDEA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA) FROM THE PACinC COAST OF COLOMBIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES AND A CHECKLIST OF EASTERN PACIFIC SPECIES Rafael Lemaitre and Gabriel E. Ramos Abstract. —Twelve species of Thalassinidea are reported from the Pacific coast of Colombia, bringing to fourteen the total number of thalassinids known from this coast. Of the twelve species reported, one is new, Neaxius frankeae; five had not been previously reported for this coast: Lepidophthalmtds bocourti (A. Milne Edwards), Callianidea laevicauda Gill, Pomatogebia rugosa (Lock- ington). Upogebia maccraryae Williams, and U. tenuipoUex Williams; and one, Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards), was unknown in the eastern Pacific. A checklist of all known species of Thalassinidea from the eastern Pacific is included. As a result of sampling efforts during the cific. One species o{ Pomatogebia Williams past 10 years by several biologists along the & Ngoc-Ho, 1990, and four of Upogebia poorly explored Pacific coast of Colombia, Leach, 1814, are present in the material. an important collection of thalassinid Finally, one specimen could only be as- shrimps was obtained. The material is of signed to an undetermined species of the considerable value because the thalassinids genus Axianassa Schmitt, 1924, due to its from this coast have not been adequately poor condition. Except for the species of sampled, and because many of the species Pomatogebia and Upogebia. discussed by in this group are incompletely known, some Williams (1986) and Williams & Ngoc-Ho based only on a few specimens. The mate- (1990), and Callianidea laevicauda, dis- rial contains 12 species, including a new cussed by Kensley & Heard (1991), the spe- species, Neaxius frankeae. Five species, cies are illustrated, and the most important Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne Ed- recognition characters, coloration in life, and wards, 1870), Callianidea laevicauda Gill, habitat where the specimens were collected, 1859, Pomatogebia rugosa (Lockington, are included. In addition, a checklist of all 1878), Upogebia maccraryae Williams, known Thalassinidea from the eastern Pa- 1986, and U. tenuipoUex Williams. 1986. cific is presented (see Appendix), indicating are reported for the first time from this coast. the most recent nomenclatorial changes. A One of our specimens has been found to total of 14 species are now known from the represent Neocallichirus grandimana Pacific coast of Colombia. (Gibbes, 1850), a species that also occurs in The specimens used are deposited at the the western Atlantic. Also discovered in the "Coleccion de Referencia de la Seccion de collection is a juvenile specimen oi Axiopsis Biologia Marina, Universidad del Valle" serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1873), a (CRBMUV), and the National Museum of morphologically variable species that is Natural History, Smitnsonian Institution, broadly distributed in the tropics but was Washington, D.C. (USNM). The abbrevi- previously unknown from the eastern Pa- ation "CL" indicates the carapace length 344 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON measured along the dorsal midline. from the ventral spine; fourth and fifth segments tip of the rostrum to the posterior margin. slender, unarmed. Epistome armed medially with smail spine Systematics between first segments of antennules, and 2 inwardly curved spines on lateral angle. Family Axiidae Huxley. 1878 Third maxilliped slender, with exopod Neaxius frankeae. new species and long setae on ventral margin of seg- Fig. I ments; coxa with small spine mesially; basis Material examined. — La Baira, Gorgona with small spine ventrally; ischium with well Island: S holotype. USNM 251731. CL 7.2 developed crista dentata formed by 12 sharp mm. 1 Feb 1987, coll.: R. Franke. (pans to blunt teeth and strong distal tooth di- missing from holotype: antennal flagella, left rected mesiad; merus armed with 4 strong antennular flagella. left cheliped. and all spines (increasing in length distally) on ven- pereopods except right 1st and Sth). trolateral margin, and small dorsodistal Description of holotype. —Rostrum tri- spine; carpus with 2 (right) and 3 (left) spines angular, exceeding eyes, reaching to about on ventrolateral margin; propodus and dac- distal margin of second antennular segment, tyl unarmed. bifurcated at tip into strong upwardly curved Right cheliped (pereopod 1) with setae on spines; lateral margins each with 2 strong dorsal and ventral margins; fingers with tufts spines directed obliquely upward and for- of setae on lateral and mesial face; ischium ward, and extending posteriorly as ridge with and merus with row of spines on ventral 2 small spines near base of rostrum; dorsal margin, merus also with dorsal row of spines; surface with median ridge bearing 3 small carpus with 2 dorsodistal spines and spine blunt spines, and row of tufts of plumose on ventrodistal angle. Palm smooth on lat- setae near lateral margin. Carapace smooth, eral and mesial surfaces, with row of tuf\s anterior margin with strong antennal spine of setae on lateral face near, and parallel, to and 3 small subantennal spines. Branchios- proximal margin; dorsal margin with at least tegite with anterior margin rounded. Ce- 5 small spines (palm damaged on dorsal and phalic groove weakly marked ventrolater- part of lateral surfaces); ventral margin un- ally, unarmed. armed, well delimited. Fixed linger with Comeae well developed, dilated, pig- large blunt tooth pointing obliquely forward mented; distal margin reaching to about base at about midlength of cutting edge, and small of bifurcated spines of rostrum. blunt teeth proximally. Dactyl with cutting Antennular peduncles reaching to about edge more or less straight on distal Vi and distal VA of fourth antennal segment; seg- proximally with weakly developed teeth. ments each with transverse row of setae on Fifth pereopod subchelate; propodus with distal margin. numerous simple setae on distomesial mar- Antennal peduncle exceeding rostrum by gin, and 1 serrate seta on distolateral angle; about '/2 length of fourth segment; 1 st seg- dactyl slender, minutely serrated on flexor ment unarmed; second segment with small margin (visible under high magnification). spine proximally on dorsal surface, and with Coxa of pereopods 1-4 with 2-4 spines strong spinelike dorsodistal projection on mesial face; coxa of pereopod S un- reaching slightly beyond tip of rostrum; aci- armed. Epipods present on 3rd maxilliped cle extending slightly beyond tip of dorso- and pereopods 1-4. Stemite of pereopod 4 distal projection of second segment, ter- divided into 2 processes separated by deep minating in strong spine, and with 2 strong groove; each process with spine directed an- spines on ventral margin; third segment with teriorly. Stemite of pereopod 5 with lateral VOLUME 105. NUMBER 2 345 Fig. I. Seaxius frankeae. new species. Holoiype. USNM 251731 a. body, lateral view; b. carapace and cephalic appendages, dorsal view: c. sternum: d. right cheliped. lateral view: e. propodus and dactyl ofpereopod 5. lateral view: f. telson and right uropod. dorsal view; g, male right pleopod 2. anterior view. Scales equal 3 mm (a. b. d. 0- 1 mm (e. g), 2 mm (c). projection on each side in form of spine ture, with row of 12 strong spines on outer directed ventrally and slightly forward. (posterior) margin, and straight inner mar- Abdomen about 1.6 times as long as car- gin; inner ramus with straight lateral margin apace. Dorsal surface of somites smooth, terminating distally in strong spine, with 2 with scattered setae. Pleura of somite I ter- spines near edge of posterior margin, and minating ventrally in strong spine; pleura median longitudinal carina bearing 2 small of somites 2-4 with 2 small spines on ven- spines. tral margin, pleura of somites 3-5 with Telson widest on anterior third, dimin- transverse row of setae. Stemite of somite ishing in width posteriorly. Lateral and pos- 2 armed with spine medially. Somite 6 about terior margins with long setae. Dorsal sur- 1.4 times as long as somite 5. Pleopod I face with 3 well defined transverse ridges absent. Pleopods 2-5 each with appendix curving posteriorly on lateral margins. Pos- intema. lacking appendix masculina; exo- terior margin with median spine. pod and endopod with long plumose setae. Color in life. — Body, chelipeds and walk- Uropods longer than telson. setose on ing legs white. Internal organs visible rrargins; outer ramus lacking fansverse su- through cephalothorax light brown. 346 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON Distribution. — Known only from the ho- whereas in A^. v/ve5/ the merus has a row of lotype collected at Gorgona Island, Colom- lateroventral spines, and the carpus bears a bia. cluster of strong spines; the pleura of ab- Etymology. —The species is named for the dominal somite 1 terminates in a simple Colombian biologist Rebeca Franke, in rec- spine whereas in N. vivesi this spine is bifid ognition of her collecting efforts at Isla Gor- or trifid; the ventral margin of the pleurae gona. of abdominal somites 2-4 are armed with Habitat.—Near low tide level, in burrows two spines, whereas in N. vivesi the pleura formed by gravel and coralline sand. Found of abdominal somite 2 have eight, and those with various species of shrimps of the genus of abdominal somites 3 and 4 have two. Alpheus. Remarks.—V/ith the description of this Axiopsis serratifrons new species there are now four in the genus (A, Milne Edwards, 1873) Neaxius Borradaile, 1903, formerly a sub- Figs. 2, 3 genus of Axius Leach, 1815, but recently Axiopsis serratifrons.—Kens\ey, 1981:1253, elevated to generic rank by Sakai & De Saint figs. 1-5.—Manning & Chace, 1990:31, Laurent (1989). The other species are: A^. figs. 16, 17. acanthus (A. Milne Edwards), from the Indo- Pacific, A^. glyptocercus (von Martens), from Material examined. — AnUg,ao Muelie, Australia, and A^. vivesi (Bouvier), from the Gorgona Island: 1 9 (juvenile), CL 13.9 mm, eastern Pacific.