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Decapoda - Caridea - Alpheidae - Salmoneus

Salmoneus teres Manning & Chace, 1990

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World Distribution
Anker (2007: 32, Zootaxa) - Central Atlantic: Ascension Island (Manning & Chace, 1990). Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea: French Antilles: Guadeloupe (present study).
Anker (2020, Zootaxa: 351) - Ascension Island, central Atlantic, only.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-2 m

Comment(s) on data
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Anker (2007: 32, Zootaxa) - The finding of S. teres in Guadeloupe eliminates this species from the list of endemic decapods of Ascension Island (Manning & Chace, 1990), and represents a considerable range extension of S. teres from the central Atlantic (Ascension) to the western Atlantic (eastern Caribbean). Manning & Chace (1990) analyzed the faunal composition of the Ascension decapods and found that of 74 species known from this isolated central Atlantic island, 41 species (55 %) also occur in the western Atlantic. Therefore, more taxa that are currently believed to be endemic to Ascension may eventually be found in the western Atlantic (see also under S. setosus).
Anker (2020, Zootaxa: 351) - Salmoneus inconspicuus sp. Nov. Was previously reported from the Caribbean Sea under the name S. teres Manning & Chace, 1990, on the basis of on a single non-ovigerous specimen from Guadeloupe, French Antilles (Anker 2007). The present reassignment of the Guadeloupe specimen to the new species thus restricts the distribution of S. teres to Ascension Island, central Atlantic. In fact, S. teres presently remains only known from the holotype specimen (USNM 221889), which was found in a tide-pool.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database