Armadilloniscus

Cházaro-Olvera, Sergio, Winfield, Ignacio, Ortiz, Manuel & Álvarez, Fernando, 2002, Peracarid crustaceans from three inlets in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico: new records and range extensions, Zootaxa 123, pp. 1-16 : 11

Armadilloniscus sp.

Material Examined: CNCR­20404; number of specimens: 1; CV station; collection date: 01/08/98.

Distribution: Eight species of Armadilloniscus have been reported from Yugoslavia, Italy, Switzerland, Belize, the British West Indies ( Schotte & Heard, 1991), and from Canada to Baja California, Mexico ( Espinosa­Pérez & Hendrickx, 2001).

Range extension: The presence of Armadilloniscus sp. at CV inlet, Veracruz State, constitutes a new record for the Gulf of Mexico.

Remarks: Temperate species dominate in this genus, but it has been recorded occasionally in subtropical regions ( Espinosa­Pérez & Hendrickx, 2001), both in a variety of shallow­water marine habitats ( Schotte & Heard, 1991) and as a semiterrestrial or terrestrial species ( Kensley & Schotte, 1989). This genus not identifiable to species because it appear to be new species.

The salinity and temperature measured ranged from 24 to 26 %o and from 27 to 28 °C, respectively.