Alpheus migrans Lewinsohn & Holthuis, 1978 (Decapoda, Caridea, Alpheidae): Burrow morphology and first record from the Red Sea
- Author(s)
- Peter C. Dworschak, Peter Pervesler
- Abstract
During an actuopalaeontological study numerous resin casts were made in the Bay of Safaga (Red Sea, Egypt). This yielded, among others, several burrow replicas of Alpheus migrans Lewinsohn & Holthuis, 1978 (Decapoda, Alpheidae), a suspected Lessepsian migrant first described from the eastern Mediterranean. In addition, one specimen was captured while casting, a second was entombed in one of the resin casts. The burrows have the general shape of a three-dimensional, dichotomous system modified by a reticulate pattern. They consist of shallower primary U's connected by deeper secondary U's, have up to 6 openings at the surface and reach down to a maximum depth of 70 mm. This is the first record of this species from the Red Sea, where it occurs abundantly in muddy sediments between 34 and 36 m water depth.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- External organisation(s)
- Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM)
- Journal
- Crustaceana: international journal of crustacean research
- Volume
- 75
- Pages
- 351-357
- No. of pages
- 7
- ISSN
- 0011-216X
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1163/156854002760095426
- Publication date
- 2002
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105118 Palaeontology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/93541d40-2694-4523-aa37-eb50c53e5b04