Calozodion wadei Gardiner, 1973

Abarca-Ávila, Mónica Mariel, Herrera-Dorantes, María Teresa, Winfield, Ignacio & Ardisson, Pedro-Luis, 2019, Updated checklist and identification key of benthic tanaidaceans (Crustacea Peracarida) of the sublittoral zone of the northern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Zootaxa 4711 (1), pp. 51-76 : 58-59

Calozodion wadei Gardiner, 1973

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Examined material. TA: 138 individuals. CNCR 34797- 34798 ; Tr-Loc: M43- Celestun, Yucatan , Mexico 21°3’53.319’’N 90°14’57.728’’W, one ♀, 7 May 2005, 26 November 2005, 11 March 2006, coll. AV, SP ; Tr-Loc : M47- Progreso , Yucatan, Mexico 21°17’25.689’’N 89°38’48.699’’W, one man., 8 May 2005, 27 November 2005, 12 March 2006, coll. AV, SP ; Tr-Loc : M49- Telchac , Yucatan, Mexico 21°20’41.1’’N 89°15’53.236’’W, three ♀, two ♀ o, one ♀ m, one man., 8 May 2005, 27 November 2005, 12 March 2006, coll. AV, SP ; Tr-Loc : M50- Chabihau , Yu- catan, Mexico 21°22’4.329’’N 89°4’13.659’’W, eleven ♀, four ♀ o, two ♀ m, twelve ♂, one juv, three man., 20 May 2005, 27 November 2005, 12 March 2006, coll. AV, SP ; Tr-Loc : M52- Dzilam , Yucatan, Mexico 21°25’57.859’’N 88°44’7.216’’W, 27 ♀, seven ♀ o, two ♀ m, ten ♂, seven juv, one man., 15 May 2005, 13 November 2005, 13 March 2006, coll. AV, SP ; Tr-Loc : M54- Dzilam , Yucatan, Mexico 21°32’35.659’’N 88°29’57.616’’W, 17 ♀, four ♀ o, ten ♂, two juv, six man., 15 May 2005, 13 November 2005, 13 March 2006, coll. AV, SP ; Tr-Loc : M57- Rio Lagartos , Yucatan, Mexico 21°37’6.019’’N 88°5’36.016’’W, three ♀, 16 May 2005, 12 November 2005, 18 March 2006, coll. AV, SP ; collected at depths of 0.5–4.6 m, on coarse sand, medium sand, fine sand, with the presence of Caulerpa , Halodule wrightii Ascherson , Syringodium Kützing , and T. testudinum

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Local distribution. ( Table 1 , Fig. 2 ).

Geographical distribution. GoM: Tampa Bay, Florida Bay, Key West, Tuxpan-Lobos Protected Natural Area, Veracruz Reef System National Park, Bajos de Sisal Reef System; Caribbean Sea: southeast of Cuba, Kingston Harbour, Jamaica.

Recognition characters. Rostrum rounded; basis of antennule with two stout spines on inner and outer margin; basis of pereopod-1 with a row of 2–5 spines and feathered setae on lateral margin.

Remarks. It inhabits coral rubble, calcareous substratum and fine sand with some silt and clay, associated with algae such as Bostrychia tenella (J.V.Lamouroux) J.Agardh , Canistrocarpus cervicornis (Kützing) De Paula & De Clerck , D. delicatula , D. dichotoma , H. spinella . It has also been recorded on submerged wood and plastic ropes, less than 50 m depth.

References. Gardiner (1973); Guţu (1984); Heard et al. (2004); Winfield et al. (2013); Cházaro-Olvera et al. (2018).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Diversity, abundance, and distribution of tanaidaceans of the sublittoral zone of the northern Yucatan Peninsula.

FIGURE 3. Tanaidaceans species of the sublittoral zone of the northern Yucatan Peninsula, suborder Apseudomorpha. (A) Mesokalliapseudes macsweenyi ♂; (B) M. macsweenyi ♀; (C) Psammokalliapseudes granulosus ♂; (D) P. granulosus ♀; (E) Calozodion wadei ♂; (F) C. wadei ♀; (G) Pagurotanais largoensis ♂; (H) Shells that P. largoensis inhabits: upper left, Eulithidium affine; upper right, Zebina browniana; lower left, Cerithium eburneum; lower right, Stellatoma stellata.