New record and contribution to the knowledge of Neastacilla californica (Boone, 1918) (Isopoda, Arcturidae) on the west coast of Baja California, Mexico

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Information concerning Neastacilla californica is currently scarce. In fact, its distribution range is not yet well defined; this species is currently reported from Point Conception to Point Loma along the California coast, USA, and also in the Gulf of California, Mexico. In this note, we present a new zoogeographical record of N. californica with information derived from a sample of taken in July 2012 during a monitoring expedition in the area inside of the Guerrero Negro Lagoon, at Peninsula de Baja California, Mexico, at 4.3 latitudinal degrees from the southernmost point reported on the Pacific coast. Additionally, we present a comparative summary of the main diagnostic features of this species and a series of photographs that allow observing characteristics of N. californica, contributing to the knowledge of the species.

Review and guide to the isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) of littoral and sublittoral marine habitats in the Southern California Bight

“…Body length to ~ 7.4 mm. See Boone (1918 original description as Astacilla californica ), Menzies and Barnard (1959) , Schultz (1969) , Kussakin (1982) , Thompson et al (1993) , SCAMIT (1994 – 2021 ), Hendrickx et al (1997) , Bergen et al (1998) , Espinosa-Pérez and Hendrickx (2001a , 2006 ), Smith et al (2001 , 2003 ), King (2003) , Ranasinghe et al (2003 , 2007 , 2012 ), McLaughlin et al (2005) , Melwani and Kim (2008) , Stebbins (2012a , 2012c ), Morales-Zarate et al (2016) , Gillett et al (2017 , 2022 ), and Mejía-Rebollo et al (2018) .…”