Apolochus neapolitanus

Author
Della Valle, 1893

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
15 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Circumtropical, warm-temperate
Habitat-Biology
  • coral reef
  • epibenthic
  • epibiotic
  • hard substrate
References

  • Heard, R. W., and D. G. Perlmutter. 1977. Description of Colomastix janiceae n. sp., a commensal amphipod (Gammaridea: Colomastigidae) from the Florida Keys, USA. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(1): 30–42.

  • LeCroy, S. E. 2000. An illustrated identification guide to the nearshore marine and estuarine gammaridean Amphipoda of Florida. Volume 1. Families Gammaridae, Hadziidae, Isaeidae, Melitidae and Oedicerotidae. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida. 195 pp.

  • McKinney, L. D. 1977. The origin and distribution of shallow water gammaridean Amphipoda in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with notes on their ecology. Ph.D Dissertation, Texas A&M University, Texas.

  • Thomas, J. D. 1983. Curidia debrogania, a new genus and species of amphipod (Crustacea: Ochlesidae) from the barrier reefs of Belize, Central America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(1): 127–133.

Endnotes

  • Amphilochus neapolitanus material reported from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean may represent an undescribed species (see discussion in LeCroy [2002]).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

LeCroy, S. E., R. Gasca, I. Winfield, M. Ortiz, and E. Escobar-Briones. 2009. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 941–972 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-12-2024.

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