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Decapoda - Caridea - Palaemonidae - Ascidonia

Ascidonia quasipusilla (Chace, 1972)

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World Distribution
Chace (1972: 43) - Antigua, shallow water among rocks and sandy shore. - Fransen (2002, Zool. Verh.) - WEST ATLANTIC: Caribbean, Antigua Island, shallow water (Chace, 1972); Martinique (present record); EAST ATLANTIC: Mauritania, depth 26-36 m, in Pyura (present record).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with ascidian

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-5 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique), IOV (Curaçao). 1-5 m. ATL.
Pontonia quasipusilla - Chace, 1972: 41, Antigua. - Ascidonia quasipusilla - Fransen, 2002: 248, Antigua, Martinique [Zool. Verh., Caribbean Sea.— USNM 135346: 1 ovigerous female, holotype, pocl. 2.8 mm; Antigua, English Harbor, Charlotte Point; 2.iv.1956; leg. Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition, station 73-56.— MNHN: 1 non-ovigerous female, pocl. 1.4 mm; Martinique, Anse Dufour; 1986; leg. F. & Cl. Monniot]. - Fransen, 2006: 715, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique [Guadeloupe, ascidian hosts Herdmania, Microcosmus exasperatus, MNHN-Na 8231, MNHN-Na 8227]. - Brinkmann & Fransen, 2016: 438, Curaçao.. - Horká et al., 2016: supplementary table S1, Curaçao.

Comment(s) on data
Fransen (2006: 715) - The host is only known for the Mauritanian specimens that were associated with Pyura torpida
(Sluiter, 1898). The Herdmania from Guadeloupe and Microcosmus exasperatus, constitute new host records.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database