Checklist and new records of Lophogastrida (Malacostraca, Peracarida) in Chilean waters

Abstract

Abstract Specimens of lophogastrids were collected off Chile, including four first records: Ceratolepis hamata G.O. Sars, 1883 in the vicinity of Easter Island, Eucopia unguiculata (Willemoës-Suhm, 1875) the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Gnathophausia zoea Willemoës-Suhm, 1873 off Concepción, and Neognathophausia ingens (Dohrn, 1870) off Valparaíso. Additional records were also obtained for Chile for four species: Eucopia australis Dana, 1852, Eucopia grimaldii Nouvel, 1942, Fagegnathophausia gracilis (Willemoës-Suhm, 1875), and Paralophogaster sp. Based on these records, lophogastrids are now represented off Chile, in the southeastern Pacific, by nine species.

Keywords

• Biodiversity
• Chile
• Lophogastrida
• Peracarida
• southeastern Pacific