Godianiceps maya Fiers, 1995

Gómez, Samuel & Morales-Serna, Francisco Neptali, 2015, On a small collection of Tetragonicipitidae Lang, 1944 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Mexico: new records and new species, Journal of Natural History 49 (45), pp. 2827-2868 : 2829

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1038329
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:36481904-D8F5-4F26-B3FE-B3AC362DAB18
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4330194
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D112879B-063E-EE10-DB78-FB645208F37B
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Godianiceps maya Fiers, 1995
status

Treatment

Locality

Off Campeche State; 18.8394°N, 92.2777°W; 18 m depth GoogleMaps .

Material examined

One adult male, dissected (EMUCOP-04); one adult male in alcohol (EMUCOP-05).

Remarks

The genus Godianiceps was created by Fiers (1995) for a new tetragonicipitid species, G. maya , found in samples from Nichupté lagoon (Quintana Roo, Mexico). The species has also been reported by Suárez-Morales et al. (2009) from the southwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. So far, G. maya has been found in shallow waters up to 3 m in depth. The specimens reported here were found at a depth of 18 m. The species shows preference for sandy and well-oxygenated shallow habitats.