The first Arctic conspicuously coloured Pleusymtes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) associated with sea anemones in the Barents Sea

  • The article presents a potentially obligate association of a pleustid amphipod of the genus Pleusymtes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) with the large sea anemone Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858) (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) from shallow waters of the Barents Sea. The new species shows a conspicuously striped (disruptive or aposematic) colouration, unlike other Arctic species of the genus, which shows a potential for its permanent connection with anemones. It is possible that this is the first known possibly obligatory anemone-associated species, within the genus and the family Pleustidae. The article discusses the taxonomy, morphological differences from congeners and ecological features of the new species, as well as the known symbiotic associations of sea anemones (as hosts) in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters.

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Author:Ivan N. Marin, Sergey Yu. Sinelnikov, Tatiana I. Antokhina
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-680274
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.819.1789
ISSN:2118-9773
Parent Title (German):European journal of taxonomy
Series (Serial Number):European journal of taxonomy : EJT (819:166–187)
Publisher:Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Place of publication:Paris
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2022/05/19
Date of first Publication:2022/05/19
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/05/19
Tag:Anthozoa; Arctic; Pleustidae; biodiversity; symbiosis
Volume:2022
Issue:819
Page Number:22
First Page:166
Last Page:187
HeBIS-PPN:496413139
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
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Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0

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