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Bythocaris cosmetops (Decapoda: Caridea: Hippolytidae) in the western Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

José Enrique García Raso*
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología Animal, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, MálagaSpain
Pablo Marina
Affiliation:
Departamento Biología Animal, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, MálagaSpain Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Puerto Pesquero s/n 29640 Fuengirola (Málaga), Spain
Jorge Baro
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Puerto Pesquero s/n 29640 Fuengirola (Málaga), Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.E. García Raso, Departamento Biología Animal, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, MálagaSpain email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The capture of the species Bythocaris cosmetops in the Alboran Sea (southern Spain, western Mediterranean Sea), previously known from only two specimens from the Atlantic, Sierra Leone (south-west Africa) and the northern Bay of Biscay (north-west Europe), represents the first record of the genus and species in the Mediterranean Sea and Iberian Peninsula (south-west Europe). New data on morphology, biology and habitat are provided and discussed.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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