Africorchestia quadrispinosa K.H. Barnard 1916
Creators
Description
Africorchestia quadrispinosa (K.H. Barnard, 1916)
(Figs 5–8)
Orchestia Fischerii. ― Guérin, 1832: pl. 26, fig. 3, and 1843. Explication des Planches, p. 22. (non H. Edwards, 1830 and 1840.)
Orchestoidea Fischerii. ― Stebbing, 1910: 459 (in part).
Talorchestia quadrispinosa K.H. Barnard, 1916: 217, pl. 27, figs 29–32. ― K.H. Barnard, 1940: 470, fig. 29. ― Schellenberg, 1925: 159. ― Penrith & Kensley, 1970: 205, 231, table 1 (ecology). ― Griffiths, 1974a: 204. ― Griffiths, 1975: 171. ― Coleman & Leistikow, 2001: 4, figs 7–11.
Africorchestia quadrispinosa. ― Lowry & Coleman, 2011: 58, fig. 2. ― Milne & Griffiths, 2013: 77, 87 (Appendix). ― Cramb, 2015: 62, Table 3.2, 68, 150, 151, 174, 175, 178–184, 186 192, 193.
Types. Syntypes, males and females, SAM 1256, SAM 1283, SAM A2514, SAM A2875.
Type locality. Dassen Island (~ 33°25’S 18°05’E) and east and west coast of Cape Peninsula (~ 34°10’S 18°20’E), South Africa.
Material examined. 2 males, AM P.98279, Lüderitz, Namibia (~ 26°38’45”S 15°9’14”E), S. Baldanzi, 2010– 2011. 7 males, 8 females, AM P.98280, Pringle Bay, South Africa (~ 34°21’S 18°49’E), S. Baldanzi, 2010–2011. 1 male, 12.1 MM, AM P.99074, 3 males, 4 females, AM P.98281, Struisbaai Bay, South Africa (~ 34°48’16”S 20°03’27”E), S. Baldanzi, 2010–2011.
Diagnosis. Based on male. Gnathopod 2 propodus ovate, palm extremely acute, convex, extending about 75% of posterior margin, with rounded protuberance near dactylar hinge, with large distal sinus, with two rows of robust setae along entire margin, posteroproximal corner without spine; dactylus slightly longer than palm. Pereopods 6– 7 much longer than pereopods 3–5. Pereopod 6 much longer than pereopod 7; basis expanded posteriorly. Pleonites 1–2 each with pair of posterodistal spines. Pleonite 3 with paired vestigial posterodistal spines. Uropod 3 ramus longer than peduncle, 3.8 x as long as broad. Telson entire apically truncated with about 10 apical robust setae on each side.
Distribution. Namibia. Walvis Bay, ~ 25°55’S 14°32’E (Schellenberg 1925); Lüderitz Bay, ~ 26°39’S 15°09’E (Schellenberg 1925; Penrith & Kensley 1970); Shearwater Bay (Griffiths 1974a); Skeleton Coast, 21°38’38”S 13°55’17”E and 26°44’09”S 15°05’40”E (Coleman & Leistikow 2001); Orange River mouth, ~ 28°37’56.23”S 16°27’16.88”E (Griffiths 1974a). South Africa. Cape Peninsula, (K.H. Barnard 1916); Dassen Island; Pringle Bay, Struisbaai Bay (this study).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Talitridae
- Genus
- Africorchestia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- K.H. Barnard
- Species
- quadrispinosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Africorchestia quadrispinosa Barnard, 1916 sec. Lowry & Baldanzi, 2016
References
- Barnard, K. H. (1916) Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. 5. The Amphipoda. Annals of the South African Museum, 15, 105 - 302. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 22196
- Guerin, M. (1832) Expedition Scientifique de Moree. Section des Sciences Physiques. Zoologie. Deuxieme Section. Des Animaux Articules. Vol. 3. Part 1. F. G. Levrault, Paris, 400 pp. [pl. 26 of Atlas. 1832 - 1835.]
- Stebbing, T. R. R. (1910) General catalogue of South African Crustacea (Part V. of S. A. Crustacea, for the Marine Investigations in South Africa). Annals of the South African Museum, 6, 281 - 593, pls. 215 - 222.
- Barnard, K. H. (1940) Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. 12. Further additions to the Tanaidacea, Isopoda, and Amphipoda, together with keys for the identification of the hitherto recorded marine and fresh-water species. Annals of the South African Museum, 32, 381 - 543.
- Schellenberg, A. (1925) Crustacea VIII: Amphipoda. In: Michaelsen, W. (Ed.), Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. L. Friedrichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 111 - 204.
- Penrith, M. - L. & Kensley, B. F. (1970) The constitution of the intertidal fauna of rocky shores of South West Africa, Part I. Luderitzbucht. Cimbebasia, (A), 1, 191 - 239.
- Griffiths, C. L. (1974 a) The Amphipoda of southern Africa. Part 2. The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of South West Africa south of 20 ° S. Annals of the South African Museum, 62, 169 - 208.
- Griffiths, C. L. (1975) The Amphipoda of southern Africa. Part 5. The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of the Cape Province west of Cape Agulhas. Annals of the South African Museum, 67, 91 - 181.
- Coleman, C. O. & Leistikow, A. (2001) Supralittoral talitrid Amphipoda and oniscid Isopoda (Crustacea) from the Southwest African coast. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 3 (Electronic Supplement), 1 - 32.
- Lowry, J. K. & Coleman, C. O. (2011) Africorchestia a new genus of sand-hoppers (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) from western Africa and south-western Europe. Zootaxa, 2825, 55 - 68.
- Milne, R. & Griffiths, C. L. (2013) Additions to and revisions of the amphipod (Crustacea: Amphipoda) fauna of South Africa, with a list of currently known species from the region. African Natural History, 9, 61 - 90.
- Cramb, P. H. (2015) The influence of coastal upwelling on the biodiversity of sandy beaches in South Africa. Phd Thesis, University of Saint Andrews, St Andrews, 277 pp.