Decapoda - Caridea - Barbouriidae - Parhippolyte

Parhippolyte antiguensis (Chace, 1972)



World Distribution
Giraldes et al. (2012, Nauplius) - Amphi-Atlantic;Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Príncipe (Wirtz, 2004); Cape Verde Islands (d’Udekem d’Acoz, 2000); Canary Islands (based on coloured photographs, Fig. 2C; see also Wirtz,2004); Western Atlantic: Antigua (Chace, 1972); Bermuda (Hart and Manning, 1981; Iliffe et al., 1983); Cozumel Island and Yucatan Peninsula (Kensley, 1988; Iliffe, 1993; Hobbs III, 1994; Mejía-Ortiz et al., 2006); Bonaire (A. Anker, pers. obs. based on colour photographs), Brazil: Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco and Espírito Santo (Ramos-Porto and Coelho, 1993; present study); in Pernambuco presently known from coastal reefs off Porto de Galinhas and Tamandaré, but most likely occurring on all reefs of the Brazilian “coral coast” extending from about 6°S to 10°S (Maida and Ferreira, 1997); in Espírito Santo known from coastal reefs off Guarapari, ~20°S (material collected by P. Wirtz).

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

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 5-15 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, ICA (Antigua, Martinique), IOV (Bonaire). 5-15 m. ATL.
Barbouria antiguensis Chace, 1972: 107, fig. 40-41, Antigua.
Janicea antiguensis - Giraldes et al., 2012: 171, Bonaire.
Parhippolyte sterreri - ?Human et al., 2013: 118, Bonaire [Most probably not P. sterreri (C.W.J. Hart & Manning, 1981) but Janicea antiguensis].
Janicea antiguensis - Martinique, photo in situ, Y. Buske, Case Pilote, 2013, det J. Poupin (first identification as Parhippolyte aff. uveae).

Comment(s) on data
This species must be now cited under Parhippoltye, according to conclusion in Ditter et al. (2020, Journal of Crustacean Biology): "More specifically, we find evidence to suggest Janicea Manning & Hart, 1984 as a junior synonym of Parhippolyte Borradaile, 1900"

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This species in Worms Database