Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Thomas J.D. & Heard R.W. (1979). A new species of Cerapus Say, 1817 (Crustacea:Amphipoda) from the northern Gulf of Mexico with notes on its ecology. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington., 92, 1, 98-105. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
LeCroy, S. E.; Gasca, R.; Winfield, I.; Ortiz, M.; Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College.</em> Pp. 941–972. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m). 1.5-3 m. [details]
Habitat Marine, muddy silt bottoms upon which it constructs conspicuous mats or “tufts” of interwoven tubes (Thomas & Heard, 1979). [details]
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