Gilvossius howellorum

Gilvossius howellorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Callianassoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Thalassinidea Superfamilia: Callianassoidea

Familia: Callianassidae
Genus: Gilvossius
Species: Gilvossius howellorum

Name

Gilvossius howellorum Felder & Robles, 2020

Holotype: USNM 1546234 (= ULLZ 12183), male (DNA and photograph voucher), pocl 12.4 mm, 3 September 2010.

Type locality: Western to southeastern coasts of Florida (northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Biscayne Bay), < 1 m depth, subtidal sand flat, Pinellas Point, lower Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg.

Paratypes:

• 1 ovigerous female (DNA voucher), pocl 11.5 mm, embryo diameter 1.02-1.17 mm (USNM 1540396 = ULLZ 4500 TB-A), < 1 m depth, subtidal sand flat, Pinellas Point, lower Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, 8 May 2001;
• 1 male (DNA voucher), pocl 8.6 mm (USNM 1607368 = ULLZ 4500 TB-B), data same as preceding;
• 1 ovigerous female (DNA voucher), pocl 12.5 mm (USNM 1607369 = ULLZ 4500 TB-C), data same as preceding;
• 1 male, pocl 7.6 mm, 1 female 11.0 mm, embryo diameter 1.00-1.10 mm (USNM 1607370 = ULLZ 4500 TB-D), data same as preceding;
• 1 male, pocl 10.5 mm, 1 ovigerous female, pocl 12.8 mm (NMV J-58373), data same as preceding;
• 1 ovigerous female (DNA voucher, atypical chelipeds), pocl 7.6 mm (USNM 1543411 = ULLZ 7919), < 1 m, sand bar, mouth of Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, 17 August 2005;
• 1 male (cheliped photograph voucher), pocl 12.2 mm, (USNM uncataloged), Anna Maria Island Causeway, Manatee County, Florida, 15 April 1988;
• 1 female, pocl 6.0 mm (USNM 221848), shallow subtidal flat, west side of Key Biscayne, 28 May 1988.

ZooBank: 619EC744-BAD2-4F0E-B09A-326CA8444C97

References

Primary references

• Felder, D.L., Robles, R. 2020. Two new burrowing mud shrimps of the genus Gilvossius from the Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae). Nauplius. 28: e2020018. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2020018 Reference page. 

Links

• Gilvossius howellorum in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Gilvossius howellorum – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gilvossius howellorum.
• ION
• Species-ID

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