Synalpheus bocas Anker & Tóth, 2008

Hultgren, Kristin M., Macdonald Iii, Kenneth S. & Duffy, J. Emmett, 2010, Sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps of Curaçao, with descriptions of three new species *, Zootaxa 2372 (1), pp. 221-262 : 227

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.20
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5314043
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scientific name	Synalpheus bocas Anker & Tóth, 2008
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Synalpheus bocas Anker & Tóth, 2008 View in CoL

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Material examined. Curaçao: 1 ov. female, 2 non-ov. individuals ( VIMS 08CU7501–2, 7702), Scary Steps, from the canals of Xestospongia sp. “soft”. Largest ov. female, CL 4.1 mm, largest non-ov. individual, CL 4.2 mm.

Color. The single ovigerous female collected had greenish-yellow embryos.

Hosts and ecology. In Curaçao, S. bocas was relatively rare in comparison to closely related species S. belizensis , despite frequent collection of the host sponge it was found in ( Xestospongia sp. “soft”, 6 individual sponges collected) and other Xestospongia species ( X. subtriangularis and X. proxima , 27 individual sponges collected).

Distribution. Caribbean Panama ( Anker & Tóth 2008), Jamaica ( Macdonald et al. 2009); Curaçao (this study).

Remarks. Synalpheus bocas from Curaçao closely resemble original descriptions of this species from Caribbean Panama ( Anker & Tóth 2008). They can be easily distinguished from S. belizensis by the lack of a blade in S. bocas .