First record of the family Sphyrapodidae Guţu, 1980 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha) with the description of a new species ofSphyrapusfrom the Colombian Caribbean

Abstract

A new sphyrapodid tanaidacean, Sphyrapus caribensis sp. nov. is described and a new record of Kudinopasternakia siegi is reported for the Colombian Caribbean based on samples collected during cruises in 2014–2015. The new species appears to be most closely related to the northeast Atlantic species, Sphyrapus malleolus. Sphyrapus caribensis can be distinguished from Sphyrapus malleolus by a combination of characters, including the maxillipedal basis without long distal seta, the number of setae on the distoventral margin of pereopods 1 and 2, and the number of plumose seta on the pleopod basis. A key for the separation of Sphyrapus species is presented.

Tanaella quintanai, a new deep-water tanaellid (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from the Colombian Caribbean Coast, with a key to the species of the genusTanaellaNorman & Stebbing, 1886

“…Recently, Morales-Núñez & Ardila (2018) reported the first record for the family Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 in the Colombian Caribbean region. In addition, Morales-Núñez, Morales-Ruiz & Ardila (2017) described a new sphyrapodid tanaidacean, Sphyrapus caribensis Morales-Núñez, Morales-Ruiz & Ardila, 2017, reported Kudinopasternakia siegi (Viskup & Heard, 1989), and presented detailed information about the species of tanaidaceans that had been previously reported in the Caribbean and Pacific Colombian coasts.…”