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Issue: Vol. 1298 No. 1: 17 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1298.1.5
Page range: 49–60
Abstract views: 91
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Redescription of Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843 (Caprellidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea) from Brazil, with note on its biogeographical distribution in South America

Department of Zoology, Federal University of Paraná, Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, Caixa Postal 19020, CEP 81.531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Department of Life Environment Conservation, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
Tardigrada Biogeographical distribution redescription Caprella dilatata Caprellidae Itapocoroi Bay Santa Catarina State

Abstract

Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843 (Caprellidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea) is redescribed based on specimens collected in mussel longlines from the Experimental Mussel Farming of Itajaí Valley University (UNIVALI), Itapocoroi Bay, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. The distribution of C. dilatata was confirmed in Mar del Plata, Argentina, about 3,000 km from the previous records suggesting a wide distribution of the species along the Atlantic coast of South America.

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