A new species of Palaemonella (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) associated with scleractinian corals of the genus Euphyllia Dana

Fransen, Charles H. J. M.; VEER, EVA VAN DER; Ďuriš, Zdeněk

doi:10.1163/15685403-bja10289

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“…Corals contribute to coral reef biodiversity both by their own species numbers and by acting as hosts for a variety of associated animals [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. They provide a habitat for various invertebrates, such as barnacles [11], copepods [12,13], crabs [11,14], shrimps [15][16][17], gastropods [18][19][20][21][22], bivalves [23], hydrozoans [24], acoel flatworms [25], and polycheate worms [26][27][28]. Additionally, they provide a habitat for various fishes, such as blennies [29,30], cardinalfishes [31], damselfishes [32,33], gobies [34][35][36][37], labrids [38], and pipefishes [39,40].…”

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Habitat Use of Two Coral-Associated Cryptobenthic Gobiid Fishes (Family: Gobiidae) in the Southern Caribbean

Ziebell,

Vogel,

Ratajczak

et al. 2023

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Cryptobenthic fishes make up more than half of coral reef fish fauna and contribute greatly to coral reef trophodynamics and diversity. Because of their small size, they are easily overlooked and understudied. Some of them use corals as their habitat, but this association is not well understood. In the Caribbean, two common cryptobenthic gobies, Elacatinus evelynae and Coryphopterus lipernes, are usually observed residing on corals. In order to compare their habitat use, we investigated their distributions on a range of scleractinian host-coral species at three different depths (5, 10, and 15 m) at Curaçao, southern Caribbean. The numbers of both species were relatively low at 5 m. Furthermore, we investigated the relationship between fish size and depth and found that adult E. evelynae individuals were most common at 5 m depth and juveniles at 15 m depth. Novel host corals were found for both fish species. Taking host size into account, the gobies were most abundant on large coral colonies of two host species: E. evelynae on both Colpophyllia natans and Montastraea cavernosa, and C. lipernes only on C. natans. In summary, depth, host species, and host-colony size were found to be environmental factors that may determine the occurrence of both fish species.

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Habitat Use of Two Coral-Associated Cryptobenthic Gobiid Fishes (Family: Gobiidae) in the Southern Caribbean

Ziebell,

Vogel,

Ratajczak

et al. 2023

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Host specificity of coral-associated fauna and its relevance for coral reef biodiversity

van der Schoot,

Hoeksema

2024

International Journal for Parasitology

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A review of Palaemonella (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae), with clarification of the taxonomic status of Cuapetes americanus, Eupontonia and Vir

Frolová,

van der Veer,

Fransen

et al. 2024

Invertebr. Syst.

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The pantropical genus Palaemonella Dana, 1852 (Caridea: Palaemonidae) currently includes 27 species of free-living and symbiotic marine shrimps. The monophyly of Palaemonella with respect to several closely related genera, however, has been questioned by recent analyses. We tested the monophyly of Palaemonella based on multigene phylogenetic analysis and the genus was revealed to be a paraphyletic assemblage by inclusion of species of the genera Eupontonia Bruce, 1971 and Vir Holthuis, 1952, and two genetic lineages of the western Atlantic Cuapetes americanus (Kingsley, 1878). We recognise one of the latter lineages as the previously described Periclimenes rhizophorae Lebour, 1949. Eupontonia and Vir are synonymised with Palaemonella. We also transfer Cuapetes americanus and Periclimenes rhizophorae to Palaemonella. Species previously assigned to Vir were revised; V. colemani Bruce, 2003, V. orientalis (Dana, 1852), V. philippinensis Bruce & Svoboda, 1984 and V. smiti Fransen & Holthuis, 2007 are regarded as valid species of Palaemonella; Vir longidactylus Marin, 2008 is synonymised with P. smiti; and the status of V. euphyllius Marin & Anker, 2005 remains unresolved. Palaemonella is currently regarded as a taxon with variable states of two main diagnostic characters, i.e. the plesiomorphic mandibular palp (fully reduced in P. americana) and the hepatic tooth (fully reduced in former species of Vir and Eupontonia – evidently due to symbiotic modes of life). ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7EEBC655-7EDE-4E46-BCB2-2A3BA16ED7DD

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A new species of Palaemonella (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) associated with scleractinian corals of the genus Euphyllia Dana

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Habitat Use of Two Coral-Associated Cryptobenthic Gobiid Fishes (Family: Gobiidae) in the Southern Caribbean

Habitat Use of Two Coral-Associated Cryptobenthic Gobiid Fishes (Family: Gobiidae) in the Southern Caribbean

Host specificity of coral-associated fauna and its relevance for coral reef biodiversity

A review of Palaemonella (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae), with clarification of the taxonomic status of Cuapetes americanus, Eupontonia and Vir

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