Michelea vandoverae (Gore 1987)
- Dataset
- Axiidean ghost shrimps (Decapoda: Axiidae, Callianassidae, Callichiridae Micheleidae) of the Trindade and Martin Vaz Archipelago, Vitória-Trindade Seamounts Chain and Abrolhos, off southeastern Brazil
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Micheleidae
- genus
- Michelea
- species
- Michelea vandoverae
description
(Figures 13 – 15)
discussion
Remarks. Michelea vandoverae is so far the only species in the genus to present a transverse constriction on the respiratory lamellae of the pleopods (Figures 13, 14 G). The Brazilian material matches well the description and illustrations by Gore (1987) and Kensley & Heard (1991), and represents the first record of the species and the genus Michelea from the southwestern Atlantic.
distribution
Distribution. Western Atlantic: USA (east and west of Florida), Colombia (off Sucre), and Brazil (off Espírito Santo) (Gore 1987; Kensley & Heard 1991; Poore 1997; present study).
materials_examined
Material examined. 1 male, cl 5.2 mm (MZUSP 39507), R / V “ Marion Dufresne ”, TAAF MD 55 / Brésil 1987 Expedition, Brazil, off Espírito Santo, 19 º 00 ’ S – 37 º 47 ’ W, Abrolhos Bank, stn 46 DC 81, 120 – 135 m, coll. M. Tavares, 28. v. 1987.
Name
- Synonyms
- Callianidea vandoverae Gore 1987
- Homonyms
- Michelea vandoverae (Gore 1987)