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Tiron bellairsi sp. n . (Amphipoda, Synopiidae) from Coral Sand in Barbados, with Notes on Behaviour
Author(s) -
JUST JEAN
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1981.tb00502.x
Subject(s) - tiron , coral , amphipoda , biology , detritus , genus , ecology , biochemistry , crustacean , enzyme , superoxide
Tiron bellairsi sp. n. is described and illustrated. The species, of less than 3 mm in length, was quite common on shallow‐water coral sand with a fine layer of detritus. It has a hitherto undescribed behaviour in that the animals move around on top of the sand carrying, with pereopods 3–7, two flat slabs of coral or shell debris for protection. The species belongs to a group of Tiron having stubby, pincerlike dactyls on pereopods 3–7, and is compared with other stubby‐legged species of the genus. Metatiron Rabindranath, 1972 is here included in Tiron Lilljeborg, 1865.