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A new species and record of Biancolina Della Valle, 1893 (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Ampithoidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic

Abstract

Here we describe a new species of Biancolina from Pernambuco, Brazil, found in association with the brown algae Sargassum spp., between 0.5 and 1.0 m depth. The new species differs from its congeners mainly by the following combination of characters: antenna 1 twice the length of antenna 2, lacinia mobilis present in both mandibles, article 4 of the maxilliped bulbose; coxa 6 with anteroventral lobe well developed as in posteroventral lobe, peduncle of uropod 1 weakly setose, palm of pereopods 5-7 lacking robust seta. This is the first record of Biancolina from the southwestern Atlantic.

Keywords:
Gammaridea; Senticaudata; Benthos; Sargassum; Phytal fauna

INTRODUCTION

The species of BiancolinaDella Valle, 1893Della Valle, A. 1893. Gammarini del Golfo di Napoli. In: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Berlin, Friedlander & Sohn. 948p. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3710. (Zoologiachen Station zu Neapel Monograpie, 20)
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are minute amphipods (> 2 mm in adults) (Hughes & Poore, 2016Hughes, L.E. & Poore, A.G.B. 2016. Biancolina japonica Ishimaru 1996: first record of this burrowing amphipod from Australia and a review of host use in the genus Biancolina (Amphipoda: Peracarida: Crustacea). Marine Biodiversity Records, 9(32): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0040-7.
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). They live in association with macroalgae, boring tunnels into the algal tissue using its modified conical-shape mouthparts. Moreover, they have subglobular head, semicylindrical body, prehensile pereopods, and reduced urosomites (with modified uropods and telson). Such body modifications are considered convergent morphologies also observed in other boring amphipods (Mejaes et al., 2015Mejaes, B.; Poore, A.G.B. & Thiel, M. 2015. Crustaceans inhabiting domiciles excavated from macrophytes and stone. In: Thiel, M. & Watling, L. (Eds.). Life styles and feeding biology of the Crustacea. Volume II in the Natural History of the Crustacea. Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press. p. 118-139.). Some species are host-specific, living in one or two species of brown algae, such as B. japonicaIshimaru, 1996Ishimaru, S. 1996. Taxonomic review of the family Biancolinidae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea), with description of a new species from Japan. Journal of Crustacean Biololgy, 16(2): 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1163/193724096X00180.
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which is found exclusively in Sargassum linearifolium and S. vestitum, whereas S. brassicacephala lives in the floating Sargassum natans and S. fluitans.

Biancolina was first described as part of the family Dexaminidae by Della Valle (1893Della Valle, A. 1893. Gammarini del Golfo di Napoli. In: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Berlin, Friedlander & Sohn. 948p. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3710. (Zoologiachen Station zu Neapel Monograpie, 20)
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) and transferred to Ampithoidae by Stebbing (1899Stebbing, T.R.R. 1899. Revision of Amphipoda (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Serie 7, 4: 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939908678185.
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). Stebbing (1906Stebbing, T.R.R. 1906. Amphipoda 1. Gammaridea. Das Tierreich, Berlin, 21: 1-806. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1224.
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) synonymized B. algicola Della Valle, 1893 with Amphithoe cuniculus Stebbing, 1874 (= Ampitholina cuniculus). Years later, Ruffo (1953Ruffo, S. 1953. Studi sui crostacei anfipodi XXXVI. Nota critica su Biancolina algicola D.Val. (Amphipoda, Prophliantidae). Atti dell’Academia di Agricoltura Scienze e Lettere di Verona, 6: 1-9.) revalidated B. algicola, erected the genus Ampitholina within Ampithoidae, and transferred Biancolina to the family Prophliantidae Nicholls, 1939. Then, Gurjanova (1958Gurjanova, E.F. 1958. Amphipod fauna (Amphipoda) of Macquarie Island. Information Bulletin, Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1955-1958, 3: 55-56. [In Russian]) transferred Biancolina to the newly described family Eophliantidae. Barnard (1972Barnard, J.L. 1972. The marine fauna of New Zealand: algae-living littoral Gammaridea (Crustacea Amphipoda). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 62: 1-216. https://ia601005.us.archive.org/16/items/nzoimemoir00621972/nzoimemoir00621972.pdf.
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), erected a monotypic family Biancolinidae, highlighting the differences between two closely related genera: Biaconlina and AmphitolinaRuffo, 1953Ruffo, S. 1953. Studi sui crostacei anfipodi XXXVI. Nota critica su Biancolina algicola D.Val. (Amphipoda, Prophliantidae). Atti dell’Academia di Agricoltura Scienze e Lettere di Verona, 6: 1-9.. Bousfield (1978Bousfield, E.L. 1978. A revised classification and phylogeny of amphipod crustaceans. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 4(16): 343-390.) transferred Biancolinidae to the Corophioidea Leach, 1814, but did not discuss it. Ishimaru (1996Ishimaru, S. 1996. Taxonomic review of the family Biancolinidae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea), with description of a new species from Japan. Journal of Crustacean Biololgy, 16(2): 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1163/193724096X00180.
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) reviewed the family and followed Bousfield classification. Myers & Lowry (2003Myers, A.A. & Lowry, J.K. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 23(2): 443-485. https://doi.org/10.1163/20021975-99990353.
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) excluded Biancolinidae from their phylogenetic analysis of the Corophiidea Myers & Lowry, 2003Myers, A.A. & Lowry, J.K. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 23(2): 443-485. https://doi.org/10.1163/20021975-99990353.
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, due to the absence of some of the most important synapomorphies of the group, such as silk glands on the basis of pereopods 3 and 4; slender and robust setae on the rami of uropod 3; and a dorsoventrally thickened telson, characters observed by Barnard (1972Barnard, J.L. 1972. The marine fauna of New Zealand: algae-living littoral Gammaridea (Crustacea Amphipoda). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 62: 1-216. https://ia601005.us.archive.org/16/items/nzoimemoir00621972/nzoimemoir00621972.pdf.
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) and Bousfield (1978Bousfield, E.L. 1978. A revised classification and phylogeny of amphipod crustaceans. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 4(16): 343-390.). However, Serejo (2004Serejo, C.S. 2004. Cladistic revision of talitroidean amphipods (Crustacea, Gammaridea), with a proposal of a new classification. Zoologica Scripta, 33(6): 551-586. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00163.x.
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) and Lowry & Myers (2013Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. 2013. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. Crustacea: Amphipoda. Zootaxa, 3610(1): 1-80. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3610.1.1.
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) show that the Biancolinidae was related to Talitrida Rafinesque, 1815, the later authors recognized it as a monotypic superfamily, ‘based on the loss of palps of mandible and maxilla 1 and the presence of curl-tipped setae on the oostegites’, but with uropod 3 biramous (Myers & Lowry, 2003Myers, A.A. & Lowry, J.K. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 23(2): 443-485. https://doi.org/10.1163/20021975-99990353.
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). Recently, Sotka et al. (2017Sotka, E.E.; Bell, T.; Hughes, L.E.; Lowry, J.K. & Poore, A.G.B. 2017. A molecular phylogeny of marine amphipods in the herbivorous family Ampithoidae. Zoologica Scripta, 46: 85-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12190.
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) performed molecular analysis and based on that transferred the genus Biancolina back to Amphithoidae.

Up to date, there are seven described species in the genus. A wide geographical distribution, such as North Atlantic (USA and Cuba); Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea; Pacific Ocean, Japan, Australian, Hawaii, Fiji, (Hughes & Poore, 2016Hughes, L.E. & Poore, A.G.B. 2016. Biancolina japonica Ishimaru 1996: first record of this burrowing amphipod from Australia and a review of host use in the genus Biancolina (Amphipoda: Peracarida: Crustacea). Marine Biodiversity Records, 9(32): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0040-7.
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), however, none of them known from South Atlantic Ocean. In this paper, we describe a new species of the genus Biancolina from Northeast Brazil, Pernambuco state, comprising the first record of the genus from the Southwestern Atlantic. Also, this record increases to four the number of genera of the family Ampithoidae known from Brazilian waters.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The studied specimens were found in association with brown algae of the genus Sargassum collected between 2018 and 2020 at the Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), at depths ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 meters. In order to better separe amphipods from the macroalgae, the algal frond was placed in water with a few drops of formalin for 10 minuntes and after washed with seawater and fixed with buffered 4% formalin. At the laboratory, the specimens were transferred 75% alcohol. The type material is deposited in Crustacea Collection of Museu de Oceanografia Prof. Petrônio Alves Coelho (MOUFPE). Appendages and mouthparts of dissected specimens were mounted on glass slides and sealed with glycerol gelatin, after stained with Chlorazol Black. The crustacean setae classification proposed by Watling (1989Watling, L. 1989. A classification system for crustacean setae based on the homology concept. In: Felgenhauer, B.E.; Watling, L. & Thistle, A.B. (Eds.). Functional morphology of feeding and grooming in Crustacea. Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema. p. 15-26.) is here adopted. Digital illustrations were made up using CorelDRAW X7 following Coleman (2003Coleman, C.O. 2003. “Digital inking”: How to make perfect line drawings on computers. Organism, Diversity and Evolution, 3(4): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00081.
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) modified method.

Follows the abbreviations used in figures: A = antenna; G = gnathopod; HB = habitus; LL = lower lip; Md = mandible; Mx = maxilla; Mxp = maxilliped; P = pereopod; T = telson; UL = upper lip; Ur = uropod; f = female; m = male; l = left; r = right.

RESULTS

Taxonomy

Order Amphipoda Latreille 1816 Suborder Senticaudata Lowry & Myers 2013Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. 2013. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. Crustacea: Amphipoda. Zootaxa, 3610(1): 1-80. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3610.1.1.
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Infraorder Corophiida Leach 1814 (sensuLowry & Myers 2013Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. 2013. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. Crustacea: Amphipoda. Zootaxa, 3610(1): 1-80. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3610.1.1.
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) Family Ampithoidae Boeck 1871 Genus BiancolinaDella Valle (1893Della Valle, A. 1893. Gammarini del Golfo di Napoli. In: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Berlin, Friedlander & Sohn. 948p. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3710. (Zoologiachen Station zu Neapel Monograpie, 20)
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) Biancolina suassunai sp. nov. (Figs. 1-5)

Figure 1
Biancolina suassunai sp. nov. Holotype, male, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 19604. Paratype, female, MOUFPE 19605. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Figure 2
Biancolina suassunai sp. nov. Paratype, female, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 19605. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Figure 3
Biancolina suassunai sp. nov. Paratype, female, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 19605. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Figure 4
Biancolina suassunai sp. nov. Holotype, male, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 19604. Paratype, female, MOUFPE 19605. Scale

Figure 5
Geographical distribution of all known species of the genus Biancolina.

Type material: Holotype, male, 2.1 mm, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), between 0.5 and 1.0 m depth, MOUFPE 19604.

Paratypes: 1 female (dissected and drawn), same from holotype, MOUFPE 19605. 1 male, same from holotype, MOUFPE 19606. 1 female, same from holotype, MOUFPE 19607. 23 female and 2 males, same from holotype, MOUFPE 19608. MOUFPE 20014, 8 unsexed, 15 May 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W). 4 unsexed, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20015. 2 unsexed, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20016. 3 unsexed, 16 July 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20017. 7 unsexed, 21 December 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20018. 3 unsexed, 21 December 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20019. 6 unsexed, 21 December 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20020. 4 unsexed, 21 December 2018, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20021. 1 unsexed, 24 January 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20022. 13 unsexed, 30 June 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20023. 16 unsexed, 30 June 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20024. 10 unsexed, 30 June 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20025. 5 unsexed, 30 June 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20026. 11 unsexed, 30 August 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20027. 71 unsexed, 30 August 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20028. 29 unsexed, 30 August 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20029. 7 unsexed, 30 August 2019, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20030. 1 unsexed, 11 January 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20031. 6 unsexed, 11 January 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20032. 12 unsexed, 11 January 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20033. 5 unsexed, 11 January 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20034. 1 unsexed, 10 February 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20035. 1 unsexed, 10 February 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20036. 3 unsexed, 10 February 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20037. 2 unsexed, 10 February 2020, Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W), MOUFPE 20038.

Type locality: Praia do Paraíso, Suape Bay, Pernambuco state (08°21′23.178″S, 34°57′06.386″W).

Etymology: The epithet is in honor of the famous writer Ariano Vilar Suassuna for his efforts towards promoting and strengthening cultural awareness of the northeast Brazilian region. Also, the first author (RMA) was born on the same date as Ariano Suassuna (June 16th).

Diagnosis:Antenna 2 article 4 longer than article 5 (1.4 ×). Left and right mandible with lacinia mobilis. Maxilla 2 outer lobe with rounded apex. Maxilliped inner plate with two apical plumose setae. Gnathopod 1 and 2 propodus with palm transverse. Coxae 5 and 6 anterolobate. Uropod 1 peduncle 1.25 × longer than outer ramus. Uropod 2 outer ramus 2.4 × longer than inner ramus. Telson distally notched.

Description: Based on holotype (male, 2.1 mm).

Head:Head longer than deep; inferior margin produced. Antenna 1 longer than antenna 2 (more than 2 ×); peduncular article 1 shorter than article 2; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 subequal to article 1; primary flagellum with 10 articles; accessory flagellum absent. Antenna 2 slender, similar to antenna 1; peduncle articles 3 to 5 not densely setose on ventral margin; peduncle article 4 subequal in length to article 5; flagellum subequal to peduncular article 5, flagellum 3 articles. Upper lip directed forwards, at around 45 degrees, lateral margins without midlateral notches. Mandible molar absent, accessory setal row with 3 robust setae; palp absent. Lower lip outer plates entire, lateral lobe distinctly longer than medial lobe, without an apical nipple; mandibular lobe with straight margins, rounded apically. Maxilla 1 inner plate with 1 slender setae; palp absent. Maxilla 2 inner plate narrower than outer plate; inner plate without oblique setal row. Maxilliped outer plate without a row of robust setae along medial margin.

Pereon:Gnathopod 1 not sexually dimorphic, subequal in size to gnathopod 2, without long, dense, plumose setae on margins; coxa 1 subequal to coxa 2; broader than deep; anteroventral corner not produced, anterior margin convex, anteroventral corner rounded, with one seta; basis longer than coxa, posterior margin with long, slender setae, anterodistal lobe absent; ischium anterior margin with small lobe; merus anterodistal lobe rounded, posterodistal corner rounded; carpus about 1.5 × as long as broad, subequal in length to merus, shorter than propodus (0.6 ×); carpus subtriangular, lobe absent, anterior margin with slender setae, posterior margin convex; propodus narrow, length 2.5 × width, propodus subrectangular; palm transverse or nearly so, straight, palm defining corner, subquadrate, without robust setae defining palm; dactylus overreaching palm, inner margin with a spine. Gnathopod 2 not sexually dimorphic, with long, simple setae on margins, coxa without long, plumose setal fringe on ventral margin, without any setae or with a simple seta on anteroventral corner, basis longer than coxa, basis with long, slender setae, basis anterodistal lobe vestigial or absent; ischium anterior margin without lobe; merus margin without lobe; carpus shorter than propodus, (0.6 × length), subtriangular, anterior margin with a single robust seta; propodus narrow, greater than 1.5 × as long as broad, (2.5 × width), subrectangular, not produced into an anterodistally setose lobe; palm transverse or nearly so, palm entire and slightly convex, without proximal or midmedial tooth, defining corner subquadrate, lacking robust setae; dactylus overreaching palm, tapering evenly, apically acute, dactylus without unguis, inner margin with a spine. Pereopod 3 basis expanded; merus distally expanded; carpus about 1.5 × as long as broad. Pereopod 4 basis similar to pereopod 3. Pereopods 5-7 strongly prehensile. Pereopod 5 coxa anterolobate (lobe long and rounded distally); merus subrectangular; distal articles slender; propodus slightly expanded distally, 2 distal striated robust setae, defining robust setae simple; dactylus slightly curved. Pereopod 6 basis posterior margin rounded, without marginal robust setae, with medial slender setae; merus subrectangular; distal articles slender; propodus slightly expanded distally; with 1 proximal robust setae; 2 distal striated robust setae; dactylus slightly curved. Pereopod 7 similar to pereopod 6; basis without marginal robust setae, without medial slender setae; distal articles slender; with 1 proximal robust seta; with 1-2 striated robust setae.

Pleon:Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner broadly rounded. Uropod 1 sexually dimorphic; short, reaching end of uropod 2 peduncle; peduncle 0.7 × longer than wide; peduncle without robust setae, peduncle without slender setal fringe; peduncle outer margin with 3 very long simple setae; peduncle distal margin with 4 slender setae; distoventral spur vestigial or absent; inner ramus shorter than outer ramus, robust setae absent, slender setae present; outer ramus broad with fluted like water spout, connected with ductular structure originated from inside of ⅓ of the distal part; outer ramus broad, length about 2-4 × as long as broad, marginal without robust setae, slender setae present. Uropod 2 not sexually dimorphic; peduncle 2 × longer than wide; peduncle without distolateral projection, peduncle robust setae absent, slender setae fringe absent; rami subequal in length; inner ramus marginal robust setae absent, slender setae present (3 long setae); outer ramus marginal robust setae absent, slender setae present. Uropod 3 peduncle longer than broad, 1.4 × width, 0.7 × outer rami length, without marginal robust setae, outer margin with 3 slender setae, without distal slender setae; outer ramus subequal in length to inner ramus, with 2 small, straight or weakly curved distal robust setae, without patch of small lateral denticles; inner ramus with 1 distal robust setae and 1 distal slender setae, lacking lateral robust setae. Telson suboval, apically rounded; notched; without apical cusps, with dorsal slender setae (1 pair), without lateral plumose setae; denticles absent.

Female (dimorphic characters only)

Head eyes about 50% smaller than the male. Antenna 1 reaching posterior margin of pereonite 2; peduncular article 1 about 0.5 × article 2; article 2 about 1.5 × article 3; article 3 subequal to article 1; primary flagellum 7 articles. Uropod 1 peduncle 1.5 × longer than wide; peduncle outer margin with 6+ very long simple or plumose setae; outer ramus shortened; inner ramus 1.4 × longer than outer ramus; with 2 apical slender setae; outer ramus not fluted like; outer ramus slender, length about 5-6 × as long as broad, slender setae present (1 apical). Uropod 2 sexually dimorphic; peduncle inflated, 3.3 × longer than wide; peduncle with 6+ very long plumose setae; outer ramus shortened; inner ramus longer than outer ramus (1.5 ×); 1 apical slender setae present.

Habitat: Living in association with Sargassum spp. between 0.5 and 1.0 m depth.

Distribution: Known only from type locality.

Remarks:Biancolina suassunaisp. nov. closely resembles B. japonicaIshimaru, 1996Ishimaru, S. 1996. Taxonomic review of the family Biancolinidae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea), with description of a new species from Japan. Journal of Crustacean Biololgy, 16(2): 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1163/193724096X00180.
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, known from Japan Sea and Australia (Ishimaru, 1996; Hughes & Poore, 2016Hughes, L.E. & Poore, A.G.B. 2016. Biancolina japonica Ishimaru 1996: first record of this burrowing amphipod from Australia and a review of host use in the genus Biancolina (Amphipoda: Peracarida: Crustacea). Marine Biodiversity Records, 9(32): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0040-7.
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), form sharing the following states of characters: (a) antenna 1 at least 2 × longer than antenna 2, (b) lacinia mobilis present in both mandibles, (c) article 4 of the maxilliped bulbose; (d) coxae 5 and 6 with anteroventral lobe well developed, (e) outer ramus of the uropods half length of inner ramus, and (f) telson with only a distal notch. However, both species can differ by the following combination of characters (characters of the B. japonica in parenthesis): coxa 6 with anteroventral lobe as well developed as posteroventral lobe (vs. anteroventral lobe more developed than posteroventral lobe), peduncle of uropod 1 weakly setose (vs. strongly setose), palm of pereopods 5-7 lacking robust seta (vs. with robust seta).

Key to known species of Biancolina (adapted from Ishimaru, 1996Ishimaru, S. 1996. Taxonomic review of the family Biancolinidae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea), with description of a new species from Japan. Journal of Crustacean Biololgy, 16(2): 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1163/193724096X00180.
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  • 1a. Antenna 1 slightly longer than 2; lacinia mobilis on left mandible only; palp article 4 of maxilliped long, dactylate; outer rami of uropods 1 and 2 length subequal to inner “Biancolina” australis

  • 1b. Antenna 1 twice as long as 2; lacinia mobilis on both mandibles; palp article 4 of maxilliped small, bulbous; outer rami of uropods 1 and 2 half as long as inner 2

  • 2a. Coxae 5 and 6 anteroventral lobe as long as posteroventral lobe Biancolina algicola

  • 2b. Coxae 5 and 6 anteroventral lobe much longer than posteroventral lobe 3

  • 3a. Antenna 2, peduncular articles 4 and 5 subequal in length B. mauihina, B. brassicacephala (*)

  • 3b. Antenna 2, peduncular article 4 longer than 5 4

  • 4a. Maxilliped inner plate with 2 long apical setae; maxilla 2 outer plate round distally; telson slightly notched apically 5

  • 4b. Maxilliped inner plate with 4 or 5 apical/subapical setae; maxilla 2 outer plate truncate distally; telson cleft 50% length 6

  • 5a. Coxa 6 anteroventral lobe more developed than posteroventral lobe; uropod 1 peduncle densely setose B. japonica

  • 5b. Coxa 6 anteroventral lobe as well developed as posteroventral lobe; uropod 1 peduncle weakly setose B. suassunai sp. nov.

  • 6a. Pereopod 5, basis posteroventrally expanded; pereopod 7, merus length subequal to carpus; male uropod 2 inner ramus overreaching far beyond uropod 3 rami B. obtusata

  • 6b. Pereopod 5, basis posteroventrally beveled; pereopod 7, merus 1.7 × carpus length; male uropod 2 inner ramus not reaching apex of uropod 3 rami B. sachalinensis

  • (*) According to Ishmaru (1996) the identity of the two species is dubious.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

The authors are thankful to Dr. Ricardo Paiva (UFPE) and MSc. Elinai Santos for making the digital drawings.

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  • FUNDING INFORMATION:

    The first author also thanks to Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica (Pibic/UFPE/CNPq) for the scholarship.

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Edited by:

Marcos Domingos Siqueira Tavares

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    07 Nov 2022
  • Date of issue
    2022

History

  • Received
    05 Aug 2021
  • Accepted
    30 May 2022
  • Published
    01 Sept 2022
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