Esteban Acón, A. (Antonio)

García-Rodríguez, M. (Mariano)

Pérez Gil, J.L. (José Luis)

Graellsia

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Pérez-Gil, J.L. (José Luis)

Esteban-Acón, A. (Antonio)

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Graellsia, 58(1): 81-83 (2002) NOTAS / NOTESHeterocarpus ensifer Milne Edwards, 1881, is abenthic deepwater species with a mid-latitude cir-cumglobal distribution extending throughout theeastern and western Atlantic, Indo-west Pacific andIndian Ocean (Holthius, 1980). Its geographic dis-tribution covers from the Indo-Pacific (occurring inthe south-west Indian Ocean and possibly Hawaiiand Kiribati; Crosnier 1988); the western AtlanticOcean, from North Carolina to Brazil; and easternAtlantic Ocean from the South-Western Iberianpeninsula (Maurin, 1961, 1962; Ribeiro &Cascalho, 1987; Sardá et al., 1982) to the Congo(5º42’S), including the archipelagos of Madeira,Canaries and Cape Verde (Crosnier & Forest, 1973;Holthius, 1980; Lagardere, 1981, Chace, 1985). Inthe Western Mediterranean, only one example hasbeen recorded previously in Balearic waters(Massutí & Oliver, 1975; García Socias & Massuti,1987), although we do not know of its deposit inany collection.The appearance of new records of Heterocarpusensifer in the Spanish Mediterranean, since this isonly the second documented record of the speciesin the Mediterranean, provide data on the size, sex,localisation and depth of appearance of the species,thereby contributing to the understanding of its pre-sence in the Mediterranean.The material examined consisted of five speci-mens of Heterocarpus ensifer that came from cat-ches obtained using sets of traps in the course ofexperimental fishing cruises, carried out in themonths of November 1998, March and June 1999,covering the whole of the Spanish Mediterraneancoast, including the Balearic Islands and theAlborán Island (García-Rodriguez et al., 2000).The specimens of Heterocarpus ensifer found werepreserved frozen until they could be processed inthe laboratory. They were measured by their cepha-lothoracic length (CL), to the nearest 0.1 millime-tre, the individual weight (W) was recorded accura-tely to the nearest 0.1 gram, and the sex was recor-ded. The sex was determined by the presence or notof masculine appendages in the second pair of ple-opods, by dissection under a stereoscopic micros-cope. A voucher specimen of those caught has beendeposited in the Biological Reference Collectionsof the ICM-CSIC in Barcelona (Code: ICMD100/2000).The studied specimens shown a very wide distri-bution, appearing at the south of the island ofMenorca (39º49.235’N; 03º46.661’E; 245 m; 25.2mm Cl, 7.9 g W) in November, the ColumbretesIslands (40º10.102’N; 01º07.316’E; 306 m; no data)in February, La Mesa (Gata Cape; 36º35.426’N;02º13.675’W; 339 m; 31.9 mm Cl, 14.5 g W; 26.4mm Cl, 9.0 g W) in May, with two specimens on thesame catch, and at El Seco de los Olivos (Almería;36º32.891’N; 02º48.752’W; 364 m; 27.9 mm Cl,11.7 g W) in May. The water temperature at the fin-dings was very homogeneous (12.5º-13.3ºC), aswould be expected at these depths, characterised bythe presence of Levantine Intermediate Waters. Allthe obtained specimens were females and no onewere ovigerous.In its distribution area, excepting theMediterranean, H. ensifer is a common species thatoccurs most abundantly in the depth range from300 to 600 m (Clarke, 1972; Strhusaker & Aasted,1974; Gooding, 1984; Gooding et al., 1988; Dailey& Ralston, 1986). King (1981) reported depth ran-ges in the south western Pacific islands of 285-760m. In addition, it has been recorded at 146-885 mOn the presence of Heterocarpus ensifer Milne Edwards, 1881 (Decapoda,Pandalidae) in the Spanish MediterraneanM. García-Rodríguez *, J.L. Pérez-Gil ** and A. Esteban *** Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Servicios Centrales, Avda. Del Brasil 31, 28020-Madrid-Spain.** Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia, C/ Varadero 1, 30740 San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia-Spain.(Indo-Pacific) and 200-885 in Atlantic (Chace1985; Crosnier, 1988, respectively), and between200 and 350 m in Palau (Saunders & Hastie, 1992).In the Canary Islands it is found at depths of 113-756 m (González et al., 1992; González & Santana,1996; López Abellán et al., 1992); Sardá et al.(1982) found the species at 512 m deep at the Gulfof Cádiz. The species are mainly found on muddybottoms, although they have been reported onsandy substrata from the Canary insular shelvesand slopes (González et al., 1990), as well as onbottom consisting of fine mud and hexantinellidsponges (González & Santana, 1996).There is a very wide variation on the optimumdepth and size ranges for H. ensifer in other areas,with sizes ranging from 6.5 to 42.0 mm Cl (González& Santana, 1996; King, 1981; Saunders & Hastie,1992). In our findings, H. ensifer appeared in theshallow zone of the optimum range, but was withinthe reported bathymetric distribution range. Thesizes also appeared to be in the size ranges alreadyobserved. All of our findings were in the neighbour-hood of islands (Menorca and Columbretes) or sub-marine rocky banks (Seco de los Olivos and LaMesa), usual fishing grounds for trap lowering. Inthe case of the Mediterranean first record of the spe-cies (Massutí & Oliver, 1975), a trawl gear was used;this fact contrasts with that along the eight yearMEDITS_ES fishing trawl cruises covering theSpanish coast, H. ensifer was never caught(Carbonell & Abelló, 1998). On the other hand, H.ensifer is usually caught using traps as literaturereflects, despite Sardá et al. (1982) caught twelveindividual by trawling in the Gulf of Cádiz. The pos-sibility that Massutí & Oliver (1975) made a misi-dentification with another Mediterranean species canbe considered, since in 23 years no one has cited thisspecies. 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On the presence of Heterocarpus ensifer Milne Edwards, 1881 (Decapoda,
Pandalidae) in the Spanish Mediterranean

García-Rodríguez, Mariano

Pérez-Gil, José Luis

Esteban-Acón, Antonio

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On the presence of Heterocarpus ensifer Milne Edwards, 1881 (Decapoda, Pandalidae) in the Spanish Mediterranean

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