A study of deep-sea caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia) of the Gulf of Mexico
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1970
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A taxonomic and zoogeographic study was made of deep-sea carideans (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia) from the Gulf of Mexico below 100 fathoms, excluding the family Oplophoridae. Specimens were examined from the Texas A&M University R/V ALAMINOS 1964-69 explorations in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirty-six species in eight families are covered. Of these, 29 species, representing 13 new records and six previously undescribed species, were collected during the Texas A&M University R/V ALAMINOS explorations in the Gulf of Mexico from 1964 to 1969. The new species described from this study are Nematocarcinus acanthitelsonis, Bathypalaemonella serratipalma, B. texana, Parapandalus willisi, Plesionika polyacanthomerus, and Sabinea tridentata (Pequegnat, 1970, in press). Synonyms, previous Gulf of Mexico records, ALAMINOS material, diagnosis, description, size, type specimen information, and distribution are presented for each species. Keys are provided for the identification of families, genera, and species of deep-sea Gulf of Mexico carideans.
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