Microdeutopus periergos Myers, Plaiti & Rousou, 2018

Rousou, Maria, Plaiti, Wanda, Lowry, Jim, Charalambous, Stephanos & Chintiroglou, Chariton Charles, 2020, Amphipoda species (Suborders: Amphilochidea and Senticaudata) from Vasiliko Bay, Cyprus: New records, information on their biogeography and an annotated checklist from the coasts of Cyprus, Zootaxa 4896 (3), pp. 373-408 : 389

31. Microdeutopus periergos Myers, Plaiti & Rousou, 2018

Materials examined. 676 individuals; Stations Vas. 1(13), 2(50), 5(139), 9(7), 11(1), 13(6), 14(30), 15(6), 17(96), 18(4), 20(7), 23(36), 24(46), 25(2), 26(17), 27(25), 29(7), 30(5), 31(9), 32(6), 33(31), 34(1), 35(1), 36(1), 37(40), 40(79), 41(11).

Distribution. Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea ( Myers et al., 2018). In Vasiliko Bay it is considered as a constant species (FI: 61.9 %).

Ecology. In Vasiliko Bay it was found at 6–51 m depth (22 + 13 m), mainly in muddy sand and also sand substrates, with organic matter ranging between 1.933 –11.119 % (6.196 + 2.668 %) and in association with C. prolifera , C. cylindracea , C. nodosa , Dictyota spp ., H. stipulacea and P. oceanica . It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix Index as in: “high” (5 stations, 145 individuals), “good” (10 stations, 348 individuals), “moderate” (11 stations, 158 individuals) and poor (1 station, 25). It was recorded at the ports (72 individuals), the buoy (2 individuals), at the freshwater underwater and power station outlet station (13 individuals) and at the fish farms stations (189 individuals).