Monocorophium acherusicum Costa

Appadoo, C & Myers, A. A., 2004, Corophiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius, Records of the Australian Museum 56 (3), pp. 331-362 : 354

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Monocorophium acherusicum Costa View in CoL

Corophium acherusicum A. Costa, 1851 View in CoL ; 24 ( Audouinia acherusica nom. nud.); Della Valle, 1893: 364, pl. 1, fig. 11; pl. 8, fig. 17, 18, 20–41; Chevreux & Fage, 1925: 368, fig. 376; Crawford, 1937: 617; Gurjanova, 1951: 977, fig. 680.— Myers, 1982; 186, fig. 124.—Appadoo & Steele, 1998: 640.

Monocorophium acherusicum Bousfield & Hoover, 1997: 117 View in CoL , fig. 30.

Material examined. 1133, 30♀♀, AC, from Acanthophora spicifera, Anse la Raie (19°59.5'S 57°37.5'E), 15 May 1998 GoogleMaps .

Type locality. Lago del Fusaro (Napoli) .

Distribution. Cosmopolitan (see Myers, 1982: 186).

Habitat. Monocorophium acherusicum was collected from only one site in the north coast of the island among the red alga, Acanthophora spicifera . The site is a sheltered site, with very little wave-action and the seawater has large amounts of suspended sand.

Remarks. Monocorophium acherusicum , is a species of very wide distribution. It is recognized by the small triangular rostrum, coalesced urosome segments, male antenna 2 article 4 with large terminal distal tooth and two small medial teeth. Females are recognized by the antenna 2 with article 4 with some paired robust setae and article 5 with 2 or more robust setae.