The distribution and habitat preferences of the Afro-European species ofDynamene(Crustacea: Isopoda)
- 1 September 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Natural History
- Vol. 4 (3), 419-438
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937000770401
Abstract
The geographical distribution of the genus Dynamene is described in the light of the recent discovery of three new species. D. bidentata appears to have a Boreal distribution whilst that of D. edwardsi and D. magnitorata is Atlanto-Mediterranean. D. torelliae, D. bifida, and D. tubicauda have a Mediterranean distribution but the first species may extend into the Black Sea. Only one species, D. ramuscula, has been recorded outside the Afro-European region, in S.E. Australia. The ranges and habitat preferences of those species outside the Mediterranean overlap as do some of those within the Mediterranean, particularly in the Naples Bay region. Juveniles of D. bidentata inhabit and feed on intertidal algae while adults shelter in crevices and empty tests of Balanus perforatus, mainly below MTL. Settlement of males into barnacle tests appears to be random, but females show some degree of aggregation, perhaps to other females. Other species show the same change of habitat at sexual maturity and all inhabit intertidal or inshore localities.Keywords
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Reproduction, growth and bionomics of Dynamene bidentata (Crustacea: Isopoda)Journal of Zoology, 1968
- Desiccation Resistance of Intertidal Crevice Species as a Factor in their ZonationJournal of Animal Ecology, 1967
- The Colonization of Artificial Crevices by Marine InvertebratesJournal of Animal Ecology, 1965
- The Habitat and Life History of Naesa Bidentata (Adams)Crustaceana, 1964
- THE FOOD OF THE SEA SCORPION ACANTHOCOTTUS BUBALIS (TELEOSTEI‐SCLEROPAREI) IN MANX WATERSJournal of Zoology, 1962
- The crevice faunas of the upper intertidal zone at WemburyJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1954
- Studies on the crevice fauna of a selected shore in AngleseyJournal of Zoology, 1952
- Investigations on the microfauna inhabiting seaweeds on rocky coasts (Untersuchungen über die algenbewohnende Mikrofauna mariner Hartböden). IV. Studies on the vertical distribution of the fauna inhabiting seaweeds below the Plymouth LaboratoryJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1952
- On the faunas inhabiting intertidal seaweedsJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1940
- XLVII.—Notes on the Crustacea of the Channel IslandsAnnals and Magazine of Natural History, 1907