Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)

Rousou, Maria, Plaiti, Wanda, Lowry, Jim, Charalambous, Stephanos & Chintiroglou, Chariton Charles, 2020, Amphipoda species (Suborders: Amphilochidea and Senticaudata) from Vasiliko Bay, Cyprus: New records, information on their biogeography and an annotated checklist from the coasts of Cyprus, Zootaxa 4896 (3), pp. 373-408 : 386

17. Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)

Materials examined. 311 individuals; Stations Vas. 2(11), 3(10), 5(10), 6(5), 9(15), 11(2), 13(8), 14(20), 16(1), 17(22), 19(6), 21(15), 22(15), 23(9), 24(32), 27(1), 29(27), 30(5), 31(3), 32(28), 33(13), 35(2), 36(1), 37(31), 39(11), 40(1), 41(7).

Distribution. Atlanto-Mediterranean. The species was reported from Cyprus by Kocatas et al. (2001). In Vasiliko Bay (current study), it is considered as a constant species (FI: 64.28 %).

Ecology. Perioculodes longimanus was found in association with seagrasses and soft-bottom sediments (sand, mud, mud-sand mixture) at 1–45 m depth ( Kocatas et al. 2001). In Vasiliko Bay it was found at depths of 4–48 m (18 + 13 m), in muddy sand and sand with organic matter ranging between 2.2–11.119 % (5.206 + 2.753 %) and in association with C. prolifera , C. cylindracea , C. nodosa and P. oceanica . It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix index as: “high” (7 stations, 98 individuals), “good” (9 stations, 127 individuals), “moderate” (10 stations, 85 individuals) and “poor” (1 station, 1 individual). It was recorded at fish farm stations (32 individuals), at the ports (33 individuals) and at the power station outlet stations (15 individuals).