Ericthonius brasiliensis

Author
(Dana, 1853)

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
200 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Circumtropical, warm temperate
Habitat-Biology
  • epibenthic
  • hard substrate
  • soft substrate (sand; mud)
  • submergent vegetation
  • coral reef
References

  • Bousfield, E. L. 1973. Shallow-water Gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y.

  • McCain, J. C. 1970. Familial taxa within the Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 82(65): 837–842.

  • Myers, A. A., and J. K. Lowry. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(2): 443–485.

  • Ortiz, M. 1991. Amphipod Crustacea. II. Family Bateidae. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 8(1): 1–31.

  • Rakocinski, C., R. W. Heard, T. Simons, and D. Gledhill. 1991. Macroinvertebrate associations from beaches of selected barrier islands in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Important environmental relationships. Bulletin of Marine Science 48(3): 689–701.

  • 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.

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, 05-08-2024.

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