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Studies On Decapod Crustacea From the Indian River Region of Florida. Xvi. the Second Known Specimen and First Continental Record for Discias Serratirostris Lebour, 1949 (Caridea, Bresiliidae)

Studies On Decapod Crustacea From the Indian River Region of Florida. Xvi. the Second Known... NOTES AND NEWS STUDIES ON DECAPOD CRUSTACEA FROM THE INDIAN RIVER REGION OF FLORIDA. XVI. THE SECOND KNOWN SPECIMEN AND FIRST CONTINENTAL RECORD FOR DISCIAS SERRATIROSTRIS LEBOUR, 1949 (CARIDEA, BRESILIIDAE) BY KIM A. WILSON and ROBERT H. GORE Smithsonian Institution, Ft. Pierce Bureau, Ft. Pierce, Florida U.S.A. 33450 The shrimps of the genus Discias are unique among the Caridea in possessing first chelipeds in which the movable finger has been modified into a semi-circular or disc-shaped cutting appendage. The recorded specimens of the five species presently known in this genus number less than 30, and have been collected from shallow-water grassbed habitats to neritic waters over continental shelves ( 205 m ) . In the western Atlantic two species have been recorded (D. atlanticus Gurney, 1939 and D. serratii-ostris Lebour, 1949), while a third species from off South Carolina is presently being described (B. Boothe, in prep.). Discias atlanticus is by far the best known species, with 10 specimens reported (see Bruce, 1975; Gore & Wilson, 1978), whereas D. serratirostris is known from the single ovigerous female holotype, collected three miles off Castle Roads, Bermuda on 11 March 1947. While examining a collection of decapod crustaceans associated with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Studies On Decapod Crustacea From the Indian River Region of Florida. Xvi. the Second Known Specimen and First Continental Record for Discias Serratirostris Lebour, 1949 (Caridea, Bresiliidae)

Crustaceana , Volume 37 (3): 311 – Jan 1, 1979

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Brill
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© 1979 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0011-216x
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1568-5403
DOI
10.1163/156854079X00636
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NOTES AND NEWS STUDIES ON DECAPOD CRUSTACEA FROM THE INDIAN RIVER REGION OF FLORIDA. XVI. THE SECOND KNOWN SPECIMEN AND FIRST CONTINENTAL RECORD FOR DISCIAS SERRATIROSTRIS LEBOUR, 1949 (CARIDEA, BRESILIIDAE) BY KIM A. WILSON and ROBERT H. GORE Smithsonian Institution, Ft. Pierce Bureau, Ft. Pierce, Florida U.S.A. 33450 The shrimps of the genus Discias are unique among the Caridea in possessing first chelipeds in which the movable finger has been modified into a semi-circular or disc-shaped cutting appendage. The recorded specimens of the five species presently known in this genus number less than 30, and have been collected from shallow-water grassbed habitats to neritic waters over continental shelves ( 205 m ) . In the western Atlantic two species have been recorded (D. atlanticus Gurney, 1939 and D. serratii-ostris Lebour, 1949), while a third species from off South Carolina is presently being described (B. Boothe, in prep.). Discias atlanticus is by far the best known species, with 10 specimens reported (see Bruce, 1975; Gore & Wilson, 1978), whereas D. serratirostris is known from the single ovigerous female holotype, collected three miles off Castle Roads, Bermuda on 11 March 1947. While examining a collection of decapod crustaceans associated with

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Published: Jan 1, 1979

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