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- Title
New Records of Hyachelia tortugae Barnard, 1967, and H. lowryi Serejo and Sittrop, 2009 (Amphipoda: Gammaridea: Hyalidae), from Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: Cooccurrence on Pacific Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas).
- Authors
YABUT, MIA G.; LAZO-WASEM, ERIC A.; STERLING, ELEANOR J.; GÓMEZ, ANDRÉS
- Abstract
Amphipods of the genus Hyachelia collected during an epibiont survey conducted over three years (2009, 2010, and 2011) at Palmyra Atoll are reported. Both known species, i.e., Hyachelia tortugae Barnard, 1967, and Hyachelia lowryi Serejo and Sittrop, 2009, were collected from Pacific green turtles, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus). Given the increased awareness of epibionts and the desire of researchers to make positive identifications, figures of the diagnostic features of both amphipod species are presented. The significance of the cooccurrence of these two species on Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) is discussed.
- Subjects
PALMYRA Atoll (Line Islands); AMPHIPODA; PACIFIC green turtle; WILDLIFE refuges; SURVEYS
- Publication
American Museum Novitates, 2014, Issue 3809, p1
- ISSN
0003-0082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1206/3809.1