Carcinonemertes spp.

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Overall Geographic Range
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat-Biology
  • deep sea
  • demersal
  • symbiotic
  • endemic to Gulf of Mexico
Endnotes

  • New records for GMx; worms likely to represent several undescribed species, collected JLN (Felder and Fredericq NSF-III Cruise, June 2007), from following host species of decapod Crustacea: Calappa sp., Iliacantha subglobosa Stimpson, 1871; Palicus alternatus M. J. Rathbun, 1897; Portunus floridanus M. J. Rathbun, 1930; Portunus ordwayi (Stimpson, 1860); Portunus spinicarpus (Stimpson, 1871); Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819; Scyllarus chacei Holthuis, 1960.

Species Notes

Added keyword "endemic to Gulf of Mexico"

Source

Norenburg, J. L. 2009. Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 553–558 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, 05-13-2024.

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