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03C4CB19A663675F2223FEF1C46D2851.text	03C4CB19A663675F2223FEF1C46D2851.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hemiaegina minuta Mayer 1890	<div><p>Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890 (Fig. 3)</p><p>Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890: 40, pl. 1, figs. 25–27, pl. 3, figs. 32–35, pl. 5, figs. 52–53, pl. 6, figs. 13, 33–34, pl. 7, fig. 4; McCain, 1968: 61 –64, figs. 29–30; McCain &amp; Steinberg, 1970: 51; Gable &amp; Lazo­Wasem, 1987: 637; Müller, 1990: 836; Serejo, 1997: 631, fig. 1. Hemiaegina quadripunctata Sundara Raj, 1927: 126 –127, pl. 18.</p><p>Hemiaegina costai Quitete, 1972: 165 –168, pls. 1–2.</p><p>Material examined. BT: 3 males, 5 females, 2 juveniles, on Turbinaria ornata, 3 m, 9th July 2002.</p><p>Remarks. Hemiaegina minuta is widely distributed in tropical and temperate waters of the world oceans (Müller, 1990). Hemiaegina minuta has been collected from Sargassum sp and taken in plankton tows (McCain &amp; Steinberg, 1970). Müller (1990) reported H. minuta preferring more­or­less exposed reef locations. Recently, the author has studied material of H. minuta from Papua New Guinea living on Dictyota sp, Halimeda sp, Gracilaria sp, Galaxaura sp., and Amansia glomerata (Agardh) Norris, 1979; and also from Queensland and north­western Australia on many different substrata: green algae such as Halimeda spp, brown and red algae, sponges, tunicates, Posidonia and dead corals encrusted with algal turf. and under small boulders (Guerra­García, personal observations).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4CB19A663675F2223FEF1C46D2851	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Guerra-García, José M.	Guerra-García, José M. (2003): The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 232: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998
03C4CB19A66367552223FBB1C0152AF7.text	03C4CB19A66367552223FBB1C0152AF7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Metaprotella mauritiensis	<div><p>Metaprotella mauritiensis n. sp. (Figs. 4–7)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male (MNCN 20.04/5418a), living on fine sediment among soft corals of the genus Dendronephthya, 2–3 m, 20 July 2002 (CM). Allotype female (MNCN 20.04/5418b), collected together with the holotype male. Paratypes: 6 males, 5 females, 2 juveniles (MNCN 20.04/5418c), collected together the holotype; 1 male, 3 females, 1 juvenile deposited at the Albion Fisheries Research Center (AFRC), collected together the holotype</p><p>Type locality. Cap Malheureux, Mauritius (20º18’S, 57º47’E)</p><p>Etymology. The species bears the name of the Island where it was found, Mauritius.</p><p>Diagnosis. Head and body smooth. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused. Suture between the head and pereonite 1 well marked. Flagellum of antenna 2 with 2 articles; swimming setae absent. Mandibular palp 3­articulate; setal formula for terminal article 1­2­1; molar present. Pereopods 3 and 4 each reduced to minute round article. Pereopods 5–7 without grasping spines. Abdomen of male with a pair of uniarticulate appendages.</p><p>Description</p><p>Mature male (holotype, MNCN 20.04/5418a).</p><p>Body length 3.4 mm. Suture between head and pereonite 1 present; pereonite 3 longest. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused. Head and body smooth. Eye distinctive. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4, oval, length about 2 times the width; first pair 1.2 times as long as the second pair.</p><p>Mouthparts. Upper lip symmetrically bilobed; each lobe carrying a distal row of minute setulae. Mandibles with palp; mandibular molar process strong; left mandible with incisor and lacinia mobilis divided into 5 teeth, followed by 3 submarginal pectinate setae; right mandible incisor divided into 5 teeth followed by lacinia mobilis divided into 2 teeth, one wider and minutely serrate, followed by 2 pectinate setae; palp with 3 articles; article 1 lacking setae; article 2 with 2 setae on left mandible and without setae on the right mandible; article 3 with setal formula 1­2­1. Inner lobes of the lower lip well demarcated, rectangular, with margin smooth. Maxilla 1 outer lobe carrying 7 bifurcate spines; distal article of palp with 4 teeth and 5 robust setae on apical end, and 3 setae medially. Maxilla 2 outer lobe rectangular, carrying 7 setae; inner lobe oval, with 6 setae distally. Maxilliped inner plate oval, with 3 simple setae and 1 robust setae (like a tooth) on distal margin; outer plate larger than inner, inner margin setulose, bearing 1 seta apically; article 3 of the palp without distal expansion.</p><p>Antenna 1 a little shorter than the body length; article 2 of the peduncle the longest; flagellum 7­articulate.</p><p>Antenna 2 without swimming setae; peduncular article 1 without acute distal projection; flagellum 2­articulate.</p><p>Gnathopod 1 basis a little shorter than ischium to carpus combined; propodus oval with proximal grasping spine, palm margin almost smooth; dactylus minutely setose on inner margin.</p><p>Gnathopod 2 inserted on anterior half of pereonite 2; basis slender, as long as pereonite 2; propodus elongate, length about 2 times of width, with a minute grasping spine on small proximal projection, and another two triangular projection distally; dactylus with sparse setulae medially on the inner margin.</p><p>Pereopods 3–4 reduced to a minute round article. Pereopods 5–7 (from male paratype, MNCN 20.04/5418c) similar to each other, smooth, without grasping spines. Penes small, situated laterally.</p><p>Abdomen with a pair of 1­articulate appendages, pair of lobes and single dorsal lobe with pair of plumose setae.</p><p>Mature female (allotype, MNCN 20.04/5418b).</p><p>Body length 2.3 mm. Differences to the male: palm of gnathopod 2 straight, without projections. Oostegites on pereonite 3 and 4 with inner margin setose. Genital openings setose. Abdomen with pair of lateral lobes and single dorsal lobe.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The genus Metaprotella has been recently studied by Larsen (1997) and Guerra­García (2002a). Metaprotella mauritiensis n.sp. has been assigned to the genus Metaprotella mainly due to the fusion of the pereonites 6 and 7, but this new species can be easily distinguished from the remaining species of Metaprotella by the absence of grasping spines on the pereopods 5–7, the tiny pereopods 3 and 4 and the shape of the male gnathopod 2. The new species is small in size (males: 2.21 ± 0.73 mm (mean ± standard deviation), range (1.50–3.40 mm); females 1.82 ± 0.43 (1.30–2.60)). Curiously, although samples of sediment have been collected around the whole island, M. mauritiensis has been only found in the soft bottoms from the northern area, Cap Malheureux. The sediment in this area was surrounded by soft corals of the genus Dendronephthya . A key to species level, modified from Larsen (1997) and Guerra­García (2002a) is provided as a basic comparison among Metaprotella species.</p><p>Key to the world species of Metaprotella (modified from Larsen, 1997 and Guerra­García, 2002a)</p><p>1. Propodus of pereopods 5–7 without grasping spines. Pereopods 3 and 4 extremely reduced, almost absent. Body length of adults less than 3.5 mm. M. mauritiensis n. sp.</p><p>– Propodus of pereopods 5–7 with a pair of grasping spines. Pereopods 3 and 4 not reduced, with 1 or 2 articles. Body length of adults more than 3.5 mm ....................... 2</p><p>2. Pereopods 3 and 4 with 2 articles ......................... M. tanzaniensis Guerra­García, 2002</p><p>– Pereopods 3 and 4 with 1 article ................................................................................... 3</p><p>3. Propodus of male gnathopod 2 with an acute distal projection ...................................... ................................................................................... M. makrodactylos Stebbing, 1910</p><p>– Propodus of male gnathopod 2 without acute distal projection .................................... 4</p><p>4. Male gnathopod 2 ventral margin of propodus with several conspicuous rows of dense setae. Dactylus of male gnathopod 2 decreasing in width midway ................................ ................................................................................................... M. unguja Larsen, 1997</p><p>– Male gnathopod 2 ventral margin of propodus without conspicuous rows of setae. Dactylus of male gnathopod 2 not decreasing in midway ............................................ 5</p><p>5. Suture between head and pereonite 1 absent...................... M. sandalensis Mayer, 1898</p><p>– Suture between head and pereonite 1 present..........……..............................................6</p><p>6. Body dorsally smooth.................................................................................................... 7</p><p>– Body with dorsal projections......................................................................................... 8</p><p>7. Pereonite 3 with one forward pointing spine laterally .... M. problematica Mayer, 1890</p><p>– Pereonite 3 lacking laterally spines............................... M. hummelincki McCain, 1968</p><p>8. Male gnathopod 2 lacking spines on basis .............................. M. africana Mayer, 1903</p><p>– Male gnathopod 2 with spines on basis......................................................................... 9</p><p>9. Pereopods 3 and 4 about 1/4 the length of the gills. Basis of male gnathopod 2 with dorsomedial spines ............................................................... M. excentrica Mayer, 1890</p><p>– Pereopods 3 and 4 about 1/2 the length of the gills. Basis of male gnathopod 2 lacking dorsomedial spines ........................................................ M. haswelliana (Mayer, 1882)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4CB19A66367552223FBB1C0152AF7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Guerra-García, José M.	Guerra-García, José M. (2003): The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 232: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998
03C4CB19A66B67572223FEF1C1422880.text	03C4CB19A66B67572223FEF1C1422880.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer 1898	<div><p>Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898 (Fig. 8)</p><p>Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898: 53 –56, figs. 1–6; Mayer, 1903: 40 –42, pl. 1, figs. 30–31, 34–36, pl. 6, figs. 56–63, pl. 9, figs.16–17, 44, 60 (included f. ralumiana, singaporensis, dolichocephala, gisserana, amboinensis, typica); Müller, 1990: 836 –842, figs. 41–64.</p><p>Material examined. BT: 36 males, 41 females, 21 juveniles, on Turbinaria ornata, 3 m, 9 July 2002; AB: 1 males, 3 females, 1 juvenile, on T. ornata, 2 m, 12 July 2002; IB: 4 males, 7 females, 3 juveniles, on T. ornata, 4–5 m, 18 July 2002; BB: 1 male on Jania sp., 2–3 m, 30 July 2002.</p><p>Remarks. Metaprotella sandalensis has been recently redescribed in detail by Müller (1990) and the specimens from Mauritius agree with this complete redescription. This species is very common in shallow waters of the tropical Indo­Pacific Ocean (Müller, 1990). On Mauritius Island, M. sandalensis is also the most abundant and common species. The genus Metaprotella has been recently revised by Larsen (1997) and there are complete keys to the species of Metaprotella (Larsen, 1997; Guerra­García, 2002a). A molecular approach would probably reveal the existence of cryptic species inside a complex under the name M. sandalensis . In a recent study at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, the author found a great variety of morphological forms and habitats for M. sandalensis . Further genetic studies are necessary to investigate if the variation among specimens of M. sandalensis is intra­ or interspecific. Müller (1990) reported that M. sandalensis prefers not very exposed locations. Study of material from Australia and Papua New Guinea has revealed that the species can live in many different substrate, having been found on algae, gorgonians, soft corals, sponges, ascidians, soft bottoms, coral rubbles, sea grasses, hydroids, bryozoans and mangroves (Guerra­García, personal observation).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4CB19A66B67572223FEF1C1422880	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Guerra-García, José M.	Guerra-García, José M. (2003): The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 232: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998
03C4CB19A66B67572223FADBC7512B72.text	03C4CB19A66B67572223FADBC7512B72.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Noculacia	<div><p>Noculacia sp. (Fig. 9)</p><p>Material examined. BT: 1 female, 2 juveniles, on Turbinaria ornata, 3 m, 9 July 2002.</p><p>Remarks. The material examined was in very poor condition. The specimens have been assigned to the genus Noculacia on the basis of the combination of the following characteristics: mandibular molar absent, palp three­articulate, setal formula 1­x­ 1, gills on pereonites 3 and 4, pereopods 3 and 4 two­articulate. Recently, Guerra­García (2002b) revised the genus Noculacia, presently composed by three species, Noculacia africana Guerra­García, 2002, N. australiensis Guerra­García, 2002 and N. bullata Mayer, 1903 .The female from Mauritius seems to be close to N. africana but there are slight differences in the body spination and the structure of the pereopods 3 and 4. The lack of sufficient material has prevented assigning the Mauritian specimens to Noculacia africana or to a new species of Noculacia .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4CB19A66B67572223FADBC7512B72	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Guerra-García, José M.	Guerra-García, José M. (2003): The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 232: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998
03C4CB19A67467482223FEF1C1202FC0.text	03C4CB19A67467482223FEF1C1202FC0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Orthoprotella australis (Haswell 1880) Haswell 1880	<div><p>Orthoprotella australis (Haswell, 1880) (Fig. 10)</p><p>Protella australis Haswell, 1880: 276, pl. 12, fig. 4; Mayer, 1890: 23. Orthoprotella australis Mayer, 1903: 35 –36, pl. 1, figs. 23–24, pl. 6, figs. 45, 47–49, pl. 9, figs. 14, 37, 57.</p><p>Material examined. WR: 6 males, 8 females, 18 juveniles, clinging on hydroids, 35 m, 27 July 2002.</p><p>Remarks. This species of Orthoprotella can be easily distinguished from the other species in the genus by the presence of two acute projections on the head. The species is being redescribed from specimens collected in New South Wales (Takeuchi, personal communication). Studying Mauritius this species has been found at depths of more than 20 meters in association with hydroids. In a study of the Caprellidea from the Great Barrier Reef, Guerra­García (personal observations) found many specimens of O. australis living on hydroids (mainly Macrorhynchia philippina Kirchenpauer, 1872 and Salacia sp.) and the tunicate Polycarpa sp. In the Northern Territory, Australia, O. australis was also found living on algae and sediments (Guerra­García, personal observations).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4CB19A67467482223FEF1C1202FC0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Guerra-García, José M.	Guerra-García, José M. (2003): The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 232: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998
03C4CB19A674674A2223FC1BC7792F67.text	03C4CB19A674674A2223FC1BC7792F67.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paracaprella	<div><p>Paracaprella sp. (Fig. 11)</p><p>Material examined. GB: 1 male, 1 premature female, 3 juveniles, clinging on sponges under boulders, intertidal, 13 July 2002.</p><p>Remarks. The present specimens have been identified as Paracaprella mainly on the basis of the presence of pereopods 3 and 4 reduced to 2 articles, antenna 2 without swimming setae and flagellum 2­articulate, and abdomen of the male with a pair of appendages and a pair of lobes. The specimens from Mauritius are closest to Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903 on the basis of the absence of dorsal and lateral body projections and the basis of gnathopod 2 not expanded (McCain 1968). Paracaprella from Mauritius and P. tenuis also resembles Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890, but the males of P. p u s i l l a have a large sharp­pointed projection on the antero­ventral margin of pereonite 2, a proximal knob on the basis of gnathopod 2 and setae on the dactylus of gnathopod 2, which are absent in the male of Paracaprella sp. from Mauritius and P. tenuis . Taking into account that the material from Mauritius is scarce and that the genus Paracaprella is still in need of further taxonomic revision, we have identified these specimens as Paracaprella sp at the moment. Differences in eye size and the propodus of gnathopod 2 prevent identification the Mauritian specimens as P. t e n u i s.</p><p>Paracaprella tenuis have been collected from the western coast of North Atlantic (McCain, 1968) and recently, Guerra­García (2002c) redescribed the species based on specimens collected from the Tanzanian coast. The specimens collected in Tanzania differed in some characteristics from the type material of the western coast of North Atlantic but these differences were considered intraspecific variation by Guerra­García (2002c). According to these identifications, P. tenuis show a unique distribution (western coast of North Atlantic and tropical area of the Indian Ocean). This rare distribution could indicate that the specimens from Tanzania do not belong really to P. t e n u i s and the small morphological differences are interespecific and not intraspecific, or that P. tenuis really possess a wider distribution area, maybe cosmopolitan, but it has not been collected yet from many zones; this species is not very conspicuous and usually the specimens are covered by detritus and could have been unnoticed in many areas. Molecular analysis would be helpful in clarifying species boundaries in the genus Paracaprella and specifically to elucidate what is and what is not P. tenuis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4CB19A674674A2223FC1BC7792F67	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Guerra-García, José M.	Guerra-García, José M. (2003): The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 232: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998
03C4CB19A676674A2223FC71C0142B5C.text	03C4CB19A676674A2223FC71C0142B5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Caprellidae	<div><p>Key to the Caprellidae of Mauritius</p><p>The species key provided can be used without dissection. McCain (1968) includes a lateral view of a generalised caprellid showing the names of the different parts. Consultation of these figures could be useful for the use of the key</p><p>1. Pereopods 3 and 4 absent.. Antenna 2 setose ........................... Caprella scaura (Fig.2)</p><p>– Pereopods 3 and 4 present, although very reduced. Antenna 2 not setose .......2</p><p>2. Pereonites 6 and 7 fused................................................................................................ 3</p><p>– Pereonites 6 and 7 not fused.......................................................................................... 4</p><p>3. Body with dorsal projections ....................................... Metaprotella sandalensis (Fig.8)</p><p>– Body dorsally without dorsal projections............. Metaprotella mauritiensis (Figs.4–7)</p><p>4. One or two dorsal projections on the head.................................................................... 5</p><p>– Head smooth without projections.................................................................................. 6</p><p>5. Two acute projections dorsally on the head. Pereopods 3 and 4 reduced but visible ..... ...................................................................................... Orthoprotella australis (Fig.10)</p><p>– Only one dorsal projection on the head. Pereopods 3 and 4 very reduced. Very small size ........................................................................... Noculacia sp (Fig.9)</p><p>6. Gnathopod 2 setose, pereonites 5–7 short and robust. Abdomen not visible in the lat­ eral view .................................................................................. Paracaprella sp (Fig.11)</p><p>– Gnathopod 2 not setose, pereonites 5–7 elongate. Abdomen projections visible in the lateral view......................................................... Hemiaegina minuta (Fig.3)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4CB19A676674A2223FC71C0142B5C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Guerra-García, José M.	Guerra-García, José M. (2003): The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 232: 1-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156998
