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Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the North Central Gulf of Mexico Gulf and Caribbean Research Volume 6 Issue 4 January 1980 New Records of Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the North Central Gulf of Mexico Kenneth C. Stuck Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Harriet M. Perry Gulf Coast Research Laboratory A. Geoffrey Fish University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr Part of the Marine Biology Commons Recommended Citation Stuck, K. C., H. M. Perry and A. Fish. 1980. New Records of Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the North Central Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Research Reports 6 (4): 359-370. Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss4/3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0604.03 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Gulf and Caribbean Research by an authorized editor of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GulfResearch Reports, Vol. 6, No. 4, 359-370,1980. NEW RECORDS OF HYPERIIDEA (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO' KENNETH C. STUCK, HARRIET M. PERRY, AND A. GEOFFREY FISH Fisheries Research and Development Section, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564, and Department of Biology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401 ABSTRACT Records of 54 species of amphipods of the suborder Hyperiidea from the Gulf of Mexico are presented. Forty-seven species are-recorded from the Gulf for the first time. Previous records of occurrence in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and associated North Atlantic waters are provided for each species. INTRODUCTlON bean Sea, Florida Straits, and associated western North Few of the major oceanographic expeditions of the late Atlantic waters. Hyperiid amphipods of the families Oxy- nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ventured into the cephalidae and Phronimidae from these cruises were studied Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico repion. Of the limited by Fage (1960) and Shih (1969), respectively. The hyperiid investigations of Gulf plankton, few have dealt in detail with fauna of the tropical and warm temperate waters of the the pelagic amphipods. As a result, the hyperiid amphipod western North Atlantic have been discussed by Vosseler fauna of the Gulf of Mexico are poorly known. (1901), Shoemaker (1945), Evans (1961), and Grice and Hart (1962). Pearse (1 913) recorded three species of hyperiid amphi- This report is intended to establish new and supple- pods, Qstisoma spinosum, Phronima sedentaria and Phrosina mental records of hyperiid amphipods of the Gulf of semilunata, from northern Gulf waters. Springer and Bullis Mexico. A comprehensive key to the hyperiids of the (1956) and Bullis and Thompson (1965) reported eight Caribbean Sea-Gulf of Mexico region will be presented hyperiid species from the Gulf of Mexico cruises of the R/V at a later date. OREGON I1 : Scina crassicornis, Phronima sedentaria, Phro- MATERIALS AND METHODS sina semilunata, Parapronoe crustulum, Platyscelus ovoides, Oxycephalus clausi,Sympronoe parva, andHemityphis rapax This report is based in large part on a master's thesis Hopkins (1966) recorded two hyperiid amphipods, Hyperia presented by the senior author to the University of Southern atlantica (syn. Lestrigonus bengalensis) and Simorhynchotus Mississippi. Specimens were provided to the authors from the following sources: antennarius, from the St. Andrew Bay system, Florida. Gilles- 1. National Marine Fisheries Service under Public Law pie (1 97l)reported Hyperia atlantica,Phronima sp.,andPvim- 88-309, Project 2-42-R. no sp. from coastal waters of southem Louisiana. The Dana 2. National Marine Fisheries Service under Public Law expedition of 1921-22occupieda limitednumber of stations 88-309, Project 2-21 5-R. in the eastern Gulf, from which records of Phronima seden- 3. Shiao Wang, personal collection of specimens from taria and Phronima pacifica were established (Shih 1969). stations 11 and 12. The hyperiid fauna of the neighboring Caribbean Sea and Collection sites (Figure l), gear types, and water depths are western North Atlantic have received attention in several listed in Table 1. studies. Moryakova (1968), Madin and Harbison (1977), and Selected synonymies of interest to local investigators are Harbison et al. (1 977) listed numerous hyperiids associated provided. Detailed synonymies can be found in the listed with gelatinous zooplankton. Seventeen species of hyperiids reference of latest date. Records of occurrence follow the were reported from Caribbean waters near Barbados (Lewis style of Stuck et al. (1979). Stations are designated as day and Fish 1969, Moore and Sander 1977), and Moore and (D) or night (N), and are followed by the depth of tow (S- Sander (1 979) listed three species from waters near Jamaica. surface, M-midwater, B-bottom). The number of speci- Shoemaker (1 948) identified eight species of hyperiids from mens listed in materials examined represents a small fraction the southwestern coast of Cuba. Hyperiid amphipods of the of a large collection of pelagic amphipods (over 6,000 speci- subgenus Parahyperia, occurring in the Florida Current, were mens) examined by the senior author, Figures within the par- reviewed by Yang (1960). Bovallius (1887,1889,1890)listed entheses represent the number of males, females, ovigerous several species of Hyperiidea from the Caribbean Sea and females, and immature specimens (0-0-0-0). A brief from the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The Dana summary of world distribution is presented for each species. expeditions of 1920-22 occupied several stations in the Carib- Records from the tropical and warm temperate waters (below 40"N latitude) of the western North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico are given. 'This work was conducted in cooperation with the Department of A representative collection of the hyperiid amphipods Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, under Public reported in this paper has been deposited in the U.S. National Law 18-309, PTojects 2-42-R and 2-215-R. Manuscript received Sept. 9,1980; accepted Sept. 29,1980. Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 359 STUCK ET AL. 360 89" 88"30' 88" I I ShipIsland e letit Bois Is 12 0 30" 1" I 7 29" ,9' 30' 8 0 9 0 0'0 19" I 89" Figure 1. Station bCatiOnS. NEW RECORDS OF HYPERIIDEAFROM THE GULF OF MEXICO 361 TABLE 1. Station locations, gear types, and water depth. Station Number Station Location Gear Type Water Depth (m) ~ ~~~ ~~~~ 1 Horn Island Pass, Mississippi Clarke-Bumpus plankton sampler 13 2 Dol Key Pass, Mississigpi Clarke-Bumpus plankton sampler 10 3 30 09.5 N latitude, 88031.0:W longitude Meter Nekton net 11 4 30O11.2: N latitude, 88 47.0 W longitude Meter Nekton net 11 5 30°09.5, N latitude, 88159.5' W longitude Meter Nekton net 8 6 3Oo02.Sf N latitude, 88 40.2'W longitude 0.5 meter plankton net 18 7 29:42.Of N latitude, 880027.5: W longitude 0.5 meter plankton net 31 8 29 24.4, N latitude, 88017.0 W longitude 0.5 meter plankton net 55 9 29119.0, N latitude, 88014.0fW longitude 0.5 meter plankton net 13 10 29017.2, N latitude, 88012.1: W longitude 0.5 meter plankton net 91 11 29 25.0 N latitude, 8S030.0, W longitude 0.5 meter plankton net 31 12 30°05.0f N latitude, 88 20.0 W longitude 0.5 meter plankton net 20 SPECIES ACCOUNT Paraphronima crassipes: Chevreux and Fage, 1925, p. 390, figs. 393-394 Family Scinidae Paraphronima crassipes: Shoemaker, 1945, p. 234 Scina tullbergi (Bovallius) Material Examined - 3DS (0- 1 -0-0), lONS (0- 1-0-0). Tyro tullbergi Bovallius, 1885, p. 15 Distribution - Widely distributed in warm waters of the Scina concors: Stebbing, 1895, p. 360, pl. 53B Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, and the Mediterranean Scina tullbergi: Wagler, 1926, p. 384, figs. 34-35 Sea (Dick 1970). Recorded from the tropical western North Scina tullbergi: Shoemaker, 1945, p. 232 Atlantic (Vosseler 1901), and Bermuda (Shoemaker 1945). Reported from the Caribbean Sea (Bovallius 1889), and the Material Examined - 8NB (0- 1-0-0). north central Gulf of Mexico (present study). Distribution - Widely distributed in warm waters of the Paraphronima gracilis Claw Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea (Dick 1970). Reported from the western North Atlantic Paraphronimagracilis Claus, 1879b, p. 65, pl. 1, figs. 4-5 near Bermuda (Shoemaker 1945). This is the first record for Paraphronima cuivis: Stebbing, 1888, p. 1337, pl. 157 the Caribbean Sea-Gulf of Mexico region. Paraphronimagracilis: Bovallius, 1889,~.27,pl. 2,figs. 1- 10 Paraphronima gracilis: Chevreux and Fage, 1925, p. 391, Family Vibiliidae fig. 394 (in part) Paraphronimagracilis: Spandl, 1927, p. 165, fig. 6 Yihiria australis Stebbing Material Examined - 1NS (1 - 1-0-0). Vibilia australis Stebbing, 1888, p. 1287, pl. 149 Distribution - Widely distributed in warm waters of the Vibilia australis: Behning 1925, p. 488, figs. 32-34 Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, and the Mediterranean Vibilia australis: Barnard, 1932, p. 264 Sea (Dick 1970). Reported from the tropical western North Atlantic (Vosseler 1901, Evans 1961), between New York Material Examined - 7NM (0-1 -0-0). and Bermuda (Grice and Hart 1962), the Caribbean Sea near Distribution - Indian Ocean, Red Sea, South Pacific, and Barbados (Lewis and Fish 1969), and the northern Gulf of Equatorial Atlantic (Reid 1955). The present record is the Mexico (present study). first for the Caribbean Sea-Gulf of Mexico region. Family Hyperiidae Family Paraphronimidae Hyperletfavosseleri (Stebbing) Paraphronima crassipes Claus Hyperia vosseleri Stebbing, 1904, p. 34 Paraphronima crassipes Claus, 1879b, p. 65, pl. 1, figs. 6--9, Hyperia fabrei: Yang, 1960, p. 33, fig. 8 pl. 2, fig. 10 Hyperietta vosseleri: Bowman, 1973, p. 58, figs. 41-42 Paraphronima crassipes: Bovallius, 1889, p.
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