Orchestia stephenseni Cecchini, 1928

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Orchestia stephenseni Cecchini, 1928

Orchestia Stephenseni Cecchini, 1928: 7 , pl. 2, fig. 3.— Cecchini, 1929: 11.— Ruffo, 1951: 1.

Orchestia ghigii Vecchi, 1929: 249 , figs 1–5.— Maccagno, 1939: 11.— Mateus & Mateus, 1959: 44.

Orchestia Ghigii. — Ruffo, 1937: 39.— Ruffo, 1949: 323.

Orchestia mediterranea . — Bulycheva, 1957: 154 (in part).— J.L. Barnard, 1958: 134.

Orchestia stephenseni .— G. Karaman, 1970: 32.— G. Karaman, 1973: 137, figs 1–3.— Calvario & Marques, 1983: 88.— Koukouras & Russo, 1991: 306, table 6.— Bellan-Santini, 1993: 752, fig. 515 (key).— Prato, Pastore & Pavia, 1995: 63, table 2.— Ruffo, 1995: 43.— Stefanidou & Voultsiadou-Koukoura, 1995: 603, table 1.— De Matthaeis, Ketmaier, Davolos & Cobolli, 1999: 95 (genetics).— Ariani, Camassa & Wittman, 2000: 7, 12.— De Matthaeis, Davolos, Cobolli & Ketmaier, 2000: 1607 (table 1), 1611, table 4 (genetics).— Sezgin, Kocataş & Katağan, 2001: 59, tables 2, 3.— Zavodnik & Kovačić, 2000: 338.—Colombini, Chelazzi & Fallaci, 2002: 863.— Davolos, Ketmaier, Cobolli & De Matthaeis, 2002: 33 (genetics).— Fiser, 2002: 38.— Davolos, Iannilli, De Matthaeis & Pietrangeli, 2005: 72, fig. 4.—Silva, Costa, Raposo de Almeida & Costa, 2006: 120, table 1 (ecology).— Deidun, Saliba & Schembri, 2007: 456 (ecology).— Deidun & Schembri, 2008: 19 (ecology).— Akbulut, Ustaoğlu & Çelik, 2009: 51, table 1.— Deidun, Saliba & Schembri, 2009: 411 (ecology).— Zakhama-Sraieb, Sghaier & Charfi-Cheikhrouha, 2009: 5, table 3.— Lucena-Moya, Abraín, Pardo, Hermida & Domínguez, 2010: 7.— Sezgin & Aydemir Çil, 2010): 9, table 1.— Grintsov, 2011: 143 (morphology).— Jelassi, Khemaissia & Nasri-Ammar, 2012: 383 (ecology).—Jelassi & Nasri-Ammar, 2012: 437 (ecology).

? Orchestia constricta Costa, A., 1857: 183 ( type locality: Terra d`Otranto, Italy).—Costa, A., 1867: 7.— Heller 1866: 3.— Stebbing, 1906: 542.

? Orchestia Montagui (part.).— Carus, 1885: 399.

? Orchestia stephenseni .— Calvario & Marques, 1983: 88, pls 3, 4.

Types. None designated.

Type locality. La Spezia, Italy.

Material examined. 1 specimen, P.89314, Gouves, Heraklion, Crete, Greece ( 35°20'6"N 25°18'51"E), mixed east beach, transect A - trap 0, L. Fanini, December 2011; 3 specimens, P.89315, Kokkini Hani, Heraklion, Crete, Greece ( 35°20'2"N 25°16'26"E), banquette beach, transect B - trap 2, L. Fanini, January 2012; 3 specimens, P.89316, Gournes, Heraklion, Crete, Greece ( 35°20'1"N 25°16'82"E), mixed west beach, transect B - trap 2, L. Fanini, January 2012; 7 specimens, P.89317, Kokkini Hani, Heraklion, Crete, Greece ( 35°20'2"N 25°16'26"E), banquette beach, transect B - trap 5, L. Fanini, January 2012.

Diagnosis (based on adult male). Gnathopod 1 carpus with projecting palmate lobe. Gnathopod 2 propodus palm reaching 52% along posterior margin; dactylus slender distally. Pereopod 7 not sexually dimorphic. Telson with 7–9 apical and lateral robust setae per lobe.

Distribution. An apparent Mediterranean Sea endemic widely reported from the coasts of France ( Mateus & Mateus, 1959, Bellan-Santini 1993); Italy ( Cecchini 1928, Ruffo 1951a, Bellan-Santini 1993); Yugoslavia ( G. Karaman, 1973c); Greece ( Vecchi, 1929, Ruffo, 1937a, Karaman, 1973c, Bellan-Santini 1993, De Matthaeis et al. 2000, this study); Turkey (Geldiay, et al., 197l); the Black Sea (Sezgin & Katağan 2007); and Libya ( Maccagno 1939).