New Species of the Genus Typhlatya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Anchialine Caves in Mexico, the Bahamas, and Honduras | Zendy

Fernando Álvarez | Zendy; José Luis Villalobos | Zendy; Thomas M. Iliffe | Zendy

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New Species of the Genus Typhlatya (Decapoda: Atyidae) from Anchialine Caves in Mexico, the Bahamas, and Honduras

Author(s) -

Fernando Álvarez,

José Luis Villalobos,

Thomas M. Iliffe

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of crustacean biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1937-240X

pISSN - 0278-0372

DOI - 10.1651/c-2516

Subject(s) - cave , biology , archipelago , bay , genus , ecology , decapoda , key (lock) , zoology , crustacean , archaeology , geography

Three new species of the genus Typhlatya from anchialine caves in Mexico (T. dzilamensis), the Bahamas (T. kakuki), and Honduras (T. utilaensis) are described. Typhlatya dzilamensis is the fourth species to be described from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, and is morphologically similar to T. mitchelli. Typhlatya kakuki is the first species of the genus to be described from the Bahamas archipelago. Its morphology departs from the patterns showed by the Cuban species, which are the closest geographically. Typhlatya utilaensis is the first species described from Central America, and is found in Utila, one of the Honduras Bay Islands. Morphologically, T. utilaensis is related to T. monae from Mona Island, Puerto Rico, and Barbuda. A revised diagnosis of the genus and a key for the 17 known species are provided

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