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New epibiotic association in the deep-sea: the amphipod Caprella ungulina and the Patagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini in the South-western Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Carlos E. Rumbold ,
Ignacio L. Chiesa  and
Nahuel E. Farías
Carlos E. Rumbold
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación y Transferencia de Santa Cruz (CIT Santa Cruz-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA-UARG), Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Ignacio L. Chiesa*
Affiliation:
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Nahuel E. Farías
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
Author for correspondence: Ignacio L. Chiesa, E-mail: ignacio.nacho.chiesa@gmail.com
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Abstract

The present study reports for the first time the association between the decapod Thymops birsteini (Nephropidae) and the amphipod Caprella ungulina (Caprellidae). A benthic biodiversity survey was carried out to explore the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon, off the Argentine coast, in the South-western Atlantic Ocean. A total of 205 caprellids (181 juveniles, 4 males and 20 not-classified individuals) were found attached to 7 specimens of T. birsteini caught between 1087–2212 m depth. The epibiotic parameters showed that the prevalence of C. ungulina on T. birsteini was 50%; the mean abundance was 14.64 and the intensity value was 29.29. In addition, specimens of C. ungulina were recorded mainly on mouthparts of T. birsteini (31.22%), followed by chelipeds (18.05%), cephalothorax (4.88%) and pereiopods (0.98%). Our finding of C. ungulina provides the deepest record until now; additionally, this epibiont is reported in a new host belonging to an infraorder and a family of crustacean that had not previously been found as basibionts. The potential mechanisms implied in the wide distribution of C. ungulina are discussed.

Keywords

Caprellidaedistributionepibiosisdeep-seaMar del Plata Submarine CanyonNephropidae
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 101 , Issue 8 , December 2021 , pp. 1171 - 1179
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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