NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS TYPHLATYA (DECAPODA: ATYIDAE) FROM  ANCHIALINE CAVES IN MEXICO, THE BAHAMAS, AND HONDURAS

Fernando Alvarez; Thomas M. Iliffe; José Luis Villalobos

doi:10.1651/C-2516

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1 February 2005 NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS TYPHLATYA (DECAPODA: ATYIDAE) FROM ANCHIALINE CAVES IN MEXICO, THE BAHAMAS, AND HONDURAS

Fernando Alvarez, Thomas M. Iliffe, José Luis Villalobos

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J. of Crustacean Biology, 25(1):81-94 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1651/C-2516

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Typhlatya from anchialine caves in Mexico (T. dzilamensis), the Bahamas (T. kakuki), and Honduras (T. utilaensis) are described. Typhlatya dzilamensis is the fourth species to be described from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, and is morphologically similar to T. mitchelli. Typhlatya kakuki is the first species of the genus to be described from the Bahamas archipelago. Its morphology departs from the patterns showed by the Cuban species, which are the closest geographically. Typhlatya utilaensis is the first species described from Central America, and is found in Utila, one of the Honduras Bay Islands. Morphologically, T. utilaensis is related to T. monae from Mona Island, Puerto Rico, and Barbuda. A revised diagnosis of the genus and a key for the 17 known species are provided.

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Fernando Alvarez, Thomas M. Iliffe, and José Luis Villalobos "NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS TYPHLATYA (DECAPODA: ATYIDAE) FROM ANCHIALINE CAVES IN MEXICO, THE BAHAMAS, AND HONDURAS," Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(1), 81-94, (1 February 2005). https://doi.org/10.1651/C-2516

Received: 13 May 2004; Accepted: 1 September 2004; Published: 1 February 2005

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