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Funchalia sp. (Crustacea: Penaeidae) associated with Pyrosoma atlanticum (Thaliacea: Pyrosomidae) off the Canary Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2001

J.A. Lindley
Affiliation:
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK, E-mail: jal@wpo.nerc.ac.uk
F. Hernández
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Marina, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife (OAM), Apartado Correos 853, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
J. Scatllar
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Marina, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife (OAM), Apartado Correos 853, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
J. Docoito
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Marina, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife (OAM), Apartado Correos 853, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain

Abstract

Five specimens of the penaeid genus Funchalia were found inside living Pyrosoma atlanticum taken off Tenerife. No such association has been noted previously. The largest of the Funchalia was an immature F. villosa; the other four were early post-larvae. Aspects of their morphology are described and compared with previous descriptions. They were probably also F. villosa.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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