Typhlatya dzilamensis Alvarez , Iliffe & Villalobos, 2005

Angyal, Dorottya, Chavez-Solis, Efrain M., Lievano-Beltran, Luis A., Magana, Benjamin, Simoes, Nuno & Mascaro, Maite, 2020, New distribution records of subterranean crustaceans from cenotes in Yucatan (Mexico), ZooKeys 911, pp. 21-49 : 21

Typhlatya dzilamensis Alvarez, Iliffe & Villalobos, 2005 Figure 3D

Material examined.

1 individual; Cenote Cervera, depth 27.4 m, cave, below halocline, 27 °C, Yalsihom, Yucatan, Mexico; 8 May 2016; colls. D. Angyal & E. Chávez Solís. 1 individual; Cenote Sabtun 1, depth 28 m, cavern, below halocline, 26 °C, Chunchumil, Yucatan, Mexico; 10 Dec 2017; colls. D. Angyal & E. Chávez.

Previous distribution.

Álvarez et al. 2005, 2015; Álvarez and Iliffe 2008; Benítez et al. 2019; Espinasa et al. 2019.

Type locality is Buya Uno, allotype was collected from Cenote Cervera and paratypes from Dzilamway, all cenotes in Dzilam de Bravo region (Yucatan north coast). This species was recently recorded at the Ox Bel Ha system south of Tulum ( Benítez et al. 2019) and the Ponderosa system north of Tulum ( Espinasa et al. 2019).

Remarks.

In accordance with previous records by Álvarez et al. (2005, 2015), our specimens were also collected in fully marine water. Recent observations of this species increase the expected distribution, suggesting an underground coastal and saline habitat that could extend from the south of Quintana Roo (Ox Bel Ha) to the west coast of Yucatan (Sabtun 1).

Figures

Figure 3. A Creaseriella anops (Isopoda) B Yucatalana robustispina (Isopoda); C Cirolana yunca (Isopoda) D Typhlatya dzilamensis (Decapoda) E Typhlatya mitchelli (Decapoda) F Typhlatya pearsei (Decapoda) G Creaseria morleyi (Decapoda). Scale bars: 1 mm (B, C, F); 10 mm (A, D, E, G).