Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas

About this book

Among the deep-sea marine invertebrates, pycnogonids and crustaceans represent ecologically important and most diverse groups of species. Yet both are still poorly understood. Sampling and exploring operations off the west and east coast of the Americas has significantly increased in the last two decades. However such operations are very costly and limited in number and frequency. In countries like Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, the United States of America, and El Salvador a large effort has been made to explore the deep-sea resources and the rich diversity of the communities, resulting in a better understanding of the natural ecosystems on both coasts of America. Pycnogonids and many groups of deep-sea crustaceans have been intensively studied, from the smallest animals, like the mostly unknown benthic copepods to the largest decapods.

Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas presents new and updated information on various groups of deep-sea pycnogonids and crustaceans occurring off the American continent. Offering a valuable reference resource for scientists interested in this fascinating fauna, it includes review papers and new data on the deep-sea communities occurring off the USA, Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Argentina, as well as in larger areas in both the East Pacific and the West Atlantic. As such it covers most of the current deep-water research in Latin America.

Contents

- The deep-water crustacean fauna of the Americas in a global context
- Deep-Sea Pycnogonids From Urugay: Every Deep Cruise Adds Valuable Information
- The deep water Colossendeis tenera Hilton, 1943 (Pycnogonida; Pantopoda; Colossendeidae) off western Mexico
- The deep-water benthic Harpacticoida (Copepoda) of the Americas
- Updated checklist of deep-sea amphipods (Amphilochidea and Senticaudata) from western Mexico, NE Pacific Ocean
- Isopoda Epicaridea from deep water around North and Central America
- Biodiversity of the deep-sea isopods, cumaceans and amphipods (Crustacea, Peracarida) recorded off the Argentine coast
- Benthic invertebrate communities in the continental margin sediments of the Monterey Bay area
- Sex distribution and reproductive trends in the deep-water species of Nematocarcinus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nematocarcinidae) from western Mexico
- Influence of environmental variables on the abundance and distribution of the deep-water shrimps Nematocarcinus faxoni Burukovsky, 2001 and N. agassizii Faxon, 1893 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nematocarcinidae) off western Mexico
- Deep-water penaeoid shrimp of the southern Gulf of Mexico upper slope. Distribution, abundance and fishery potential
- Pelagic shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata and Caridea) in the southeast Pacific
- Deep-water lobsters (Polychelidae and Nephropidae) from the continental slope of the southern Gulf of Mexico: distribution and morphometric relationships
- New molecular data on squat lobster from the coast of Sao Paulo State (Brazil) (Anomura: Munida and Agononida) and insights on the systematics of the Family Munididae
- Biology and distribution of Agononida longipes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munididae) in the Colombian Caribbean Sea
- King crabs of Peruvian waters during 2003-2004: new insights
- Lower slope and abyssal decapods of the eastern Pacific
- Conservation strategies for potential new deep-sea crustacean fisheries in the Colombian Caribbean under an ecosystem approach
- Diversity, abundance and biomass of deep-sea decapod crustaceans of the Uruguayan continental slope in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean
- Deep-sea megacrustacean biodiversity in the South Gulf of Mexico
- Catalogue of typical deep-sea decapod fauna from Brazilian waters
- An annotated checklist and bibliography of deep-water isopods and decapod crustaceans from Chile, including the submarine ridges of Salas y Gomez and Nazca Plates
- Deep-water stomatopod and decapod crustaceans collected off Central America by the R/V "Miguel Oliver"
- Diversity and biology of deep-water crustaceans from in Rica
- New crustacean species records collected between 670 and 3400 m of depth in the Colombian Caribbean Sea

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