Gondogeneia gracilicauda ( Schellenberg, 1931 )

Alonso, G. M., 2012, Amphipod crustaceans (Corophiidea and Gammaridea) associated with holdfasts of Macrocystis pyrifera from the Beagle Channel (Argentina) and additional records from the Southwestern Atlantic, Journal of Natural History 46 (29 - 30), pp. 1799-1894 : 1886

Gondogeneia gracilicauda ( Schellenberg, 1931)

Pontogeneia gracilicauda Schellenberg, 1931: 186–187 , fig. 95.

Gondogeneia gracilicauda: J.L. Barnard and Karaman, 1991: 321 ; Chiesa et al., 2005: 170, tb. 2, 172, tb. 3; De Broyer et al., 2007: 70.

Material examined

Argentina; Beagle Channel, northern Isla Despard , 54 ◦ 52 ′ S, 68 ◦ 10 ′ W, 8–12 m depth, colls. D. Aureliano and A. Ferlito, don. G. Lovrich : 1 ♀ 8 mm (damaged), 19 March 1999, MACN-In 38744. Same location, same colls., 24 May 1999: 1 ovig. ♀ 10.6 mm, MACN-In 38745a; 1 ♀ 9.5 mm, MACN-In 38745b; 1 ♂ 9.4 mm, MACN-In 38745c; 2 ♀♀ 7 and 9 mm, MACN-In 38745d; 1 ♂ 7 mm, MACN-In 38745e; 3 ♀♀ 9–10 mm, MACN-In 38745f; 1 ovig. ♀ 10.3 mm, 6 ♀♀ 6.8–9.15 mm, 5 August 1999, MACN- In 38746; 1 ovig. ♀ 12 mm, 11 August 1999, MACN-In 38747; 1 ovig. ♀ 11 mm, 10 November 1999, MACN-In 38748; 1 ovig. ♀ 9 mm, 1 ♀ 9 mm, 10 February 2000, MACN-In 38749; 1 ♂ 7 mm, 14 February 2000, MACN-In 3s8750; 1 ♀ 9.2 mm, 2 May 2000, MACN-In 38751; 1 ♀ 9.7 mm, 1♂ 5.7 mm, 29 May 2000, MACN-In 38752.

Remarks

Gondogeneia gracilicauda ( Schellenberg, 1931) is endemic to the Magellanic area. The present data on this species, associated with the holdfasts of M. pyrifera , enlarge its geographical distribution to the Beagle Channel, Argentina.