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Ptilohyaleexplorator (formerly Parhyaleexplorator), described by Arresti (1989), can be considered to be a synonym of west-Atlantic Ptilohyalelittoralis (Stimpson, 1853), based on morphological observations of paratypes and specimens recently collected in the type locality of Ptilohyaleexplorator. The first collections of Ptilohyalelittoralis, from the eastern Atlantic were from the port of Rotterdam (The Netherlands) in 2009 and later in Wimereux, Opal Coast (France) in 2014; however, the synonymy of Ptilohyaleexplorator with Ptilohyalelittoralis backdates to the first European record of Ptilohyalelittoralis in 1985 at La Vigne, Bay of Arcachon (France). This indicates that Ptilohyalelittoralis has been established along European Atlantic coast for many years.
An assessment of the nominal valid species belonging to the genus Ptilohyale was carried out and a comparison between the Atlantic Ptilohyalelittoralis and the very similar Mediterranean hyalid species, Parhyaleplumicornis, is presented based on morphological features and distribution. Due to the invasive ability of Ptilohyalelittoralis, a comparison between the two species is necessary.
Lo Brutto S, Iaciofano D (2018) A taxonomic revision helps to clarify differences between the Atlantic invasive Ptilohyale littoralis and the Mediterranean endemic Parhyale plumicornis (Crustacea, Amphipoda). ZooKeys 754: 47–62. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.754.22884
Introduction
Ptilohyaleexplorator (formerly Parhyaleexplorator) was described by Arresti (1989) from La Vigne, Bay of Arcachon, France. He collected eleven male and three female specimens in the intertidal zone, on the sand of a semi-enclosed beach under stones, in July 22, 1985; following Barnard’s (Barnard 1979: 120) “Key to the Species of Parhyale and Parallorchestes”, he established that the specimens sampled showed a feature that was not included in the key, i.e., the presence of long tufts of plumose setae in antenna II starting at the 5th peduncular segment. However, as Barnard’s taxonomic key (Barnard 1979) had omitted some hyalid species already described at that time, Arresti did not take into consideration some preceding descriptions (listed in Table 1) that could fit with his collected specimens.
List of Parhyale and Ptilohyale species excluded by Barnard’s taxonomy key (Barnard 1979: 120) and by Arresti (1989), here named according to Lowry (2010) and Lowry et al. (2010).
As a consequence, Arresti described a new hyalid species under the name Parhyaleexplorator, and deposited eight males and two females in the laboratory of the University of the Basque Country (Spain; holotype; allotype; six males and one female paratypes), one male paratype in the Carcinology Laboratory of Natural History Museum of Paris (France), and one male and one female paratypes in the Laboratory of Dr. S. Ruffo in the Museum of Natural History of Verona (Italy).
In 2008, Ptilohyaleexplorator (Arresti 1989) was reported as a new alien species within the Mediterranean Sea (Bakir et al. 2008), but later acknowledged to be a misidentification (Bakir et al. 2013), who re-identified the samples as Parhyaleplumicornis (Heller, 1886), an endemic Mediterranean species (Iaciofano and Lo Brutto 2017). Regrettably, the case of this erroneous identification caused a cascade-effect on successive papers and documents that reported a further non-indigenous species (NIS) within Mediterranean (Bakir et al. 2010, Christodoulou et al. 2013, Faasse 2014, Zenetos 2010, Zenetos et al. 2010), although this was not the case.
Ptilohyaleexplorator is currently considered a valid species even if some authors have already highlighted the need of further investigations, in light of its high similarity with Ptilohyalelittoralis (Faasse 2014, Spilmont et al. 2016, Marchini and Cardeccia 2017).
To clarify the position of Ptilohyaleexplorator, here considered species inquirenda, the paratypes deposited at the Natural History Museum of Verona and at the Natural History Museum of Paris were examined, together with some topotypic specimens collected in the type locality of the species, Bay of Arcachon, France. Descriptions and illustrations of current species belonging to the genus Ptilohyale were also consulted, and it was observed that some of them were not ascribable to this genus.
Materials and methods
The paratypes of Parhyaleexplorator (voucher number 330/P) deposited in Sandro Ruffo’s collection of the Museum of Natural History of Verona, Verona (Italy) and the Ptilohyaleexplorator paratype (voucher number MNHN-Am3957) deposited at the crustaceans collection of the Natural History Museum of Paris (MNHN), Paris (France) were examined under a stereo-microscope, and photos were produced.
Additionally, a total of 126 specimens of Ptilohyale sp. (84 females and 42 males) was collected in the intertidal zone associated with mussel beds (Mytilusedulis), from Bay of Arcachon, France (the type locality of Ptilohyaleexplorator), 43°34’N, 1°14’W (DDM), in October 2015, and fixed in 95% ethanol. Their body lengths, from tip of rostrum to apex of telson, were measured using ImageJ software after placement on graph-paper and photography (FINEPIX S1800, FUJIFILM); pencil drawings were scanned and ‘inked’ using the software Adobe Illustrator CS5. The specimens were identified as Ptilohyalelittoralis and deposited at the Museum of Zoology of the University of Palermo (MZPA), Palermo (Italy), Voucher Number MZPA-AMPH-0024.
Descriptions of the 12 world species of the genus Ptilohyale, according to the World Amphipoda Database (Horton et al. 2017), were consulted and the diagnostic characters delimiting Ptilohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002 were verified: (1) heavily plumose (finely brush-setose) antenna II starting at the 5th peduncular article (both sexes); (2) lack of a guiding robust seta on the medial face of the propodus of gnathopod I (male); (3) variously developed carpal lobe of gnathopod II (male); (4) distomedial robust seta on the peduncle of uropod I; (5) inner ramus of uropod III more or less fused to the peduncle. The subsequent generic status for each of these species was then revised.
Results
The paratypes of Ptilohyaleexplorator preserved in the Museum of Natural History of Verona were entire and in good condition for observations (Fig. 1), while the paratype stored in the Carcinology Laboratory of Natural History Museum of Paris had deteriorated and some body parts were lost (i.e., heads).
Comparison with the description of Ptilohyaleexplorator (Arresti 1989: 103–111) and the paratypes stored at the museums of Verona and Paris showed some incongruences (Table 2). The most significant difference was the absence of a strong depression on the basipodite of peraeopod VII in all paratypes, conversely to what was indicated in the description. Other diagnostic characters described by Arresti (1989) were also unlike the paratypes, including the number of plumose articles on antenna II, and the arrangement of setae on uropods I and III (see Table 2 for details).
Diagnostic character states observed in the Ptilohyaleexplorator (species inquirenda) paratypes stored at the Museum of Natural History of Verona (Italy) and the Natural History Museum of Paris (France), and in the Ptilohyalelittoralis sampled in the Bay of Arcachon (France); compared with Arresti’s description of Ptilohyaleexplorator and Bousfield and Hendricks’s Ptilohyalelittoralis description. The table shows the incongruences (*) between the description of Ptilohyaleexplorator by Arresti and the deposited paratypes.
Characters
Samples of Ptilohyalelittoralis (this paper)
Bousfield and Hendricks’s description of Ptilohyalelittoralis
Paratypes of Ptilohyaleexplorator (deposited by Arresti at Museum of Verona)
Paratype of Ptilohyaleexplorator (deposited by Arresti at Museum of Paris)
Arresti’s description of Ptilohyaleexplorator
Antenna II, flagellar articles ventrally setose *
4–9
NA
8
NA
10–11
Coxal plate I
subquadrate
subquadrate
subquadrate
NA
subquadrate
Gnathopod I, basis distinct anterodistal lobe
absent
absent
absent
NA
absent
Peraeopod VII basis*
without strong depression on posterior margin
without strong depression on posterior margin
without strong depression on posterior margin
without strong depression on posterior margin
with strong depression on posterior margin
Uropod I rami spines*
3–4 outer; 1–2 inner
2–3 outer
3 outer; 2 inner
NA
6 outer; 2 inner
Uropod II rami
subequal
subequal
subequal
subequal
subequal
Uropod III apical spines*
5–9
5–6
5–6
NA
8–10
NA, not available
Following the detailed description updated by Faasse (2014) and the recent Hyalidae taxonomic key presented by Bousfield and Hendrycks (2002), the paratypes of Ruffo’s collection and all 126 specimens sampled at the Bay of Arcachon (France), were identified as specimens of Ptilohyalelittoralis. Ptilohyaleexplorator (formerly Parhyale) (Arresti, 1989) can be considered synonym of Ptilohyalelittoralis (Stimpson, 1853).
Male and female paratypes of Parhyaleexplorator (subsequently synonymised Ptilohyaleexplorator) from Ruffo’s collection (Museum of Natural History of Verona, Italy), entire samples; male peraeopods and uropods, with focus (arrow) on basipodite of peraeopod VII.
Neotype deposited in Canadian Museum of Nature Collection; voucher number CMNC 2002-0071 (Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002).
Type locality.
Grand Manan Island (Canada), northern eastern Atlantic coast.
Material examined.
One hundred and twenty-six specimens were collected at the Bay of Arcachon France (43°34’N, 1°14’W), 13October 2015; intertidally, 0 m, on the heavy substrate of the semi-closed beach (MZPA-AMPH-0024).
Ptilohyalelittoralis, antenna II male (mA2), gnathopod I male (mGn1), gnathopod I female (fGn1), peraeopods V (P5), VI (P6) and VII (P7), uropods I (U1), II (U2) and III (U3).
https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/200266Description.
Male. 11.4 mm length specimen. Antenna II ventral margins of the 5th peduncular article and first 4–9 flagellar articles (other one or two articles with sparse plumose setae) densely covered with plumose setae (brush setae). Palp of maxilla I with median constriction. Coxal plate I sub-quadrate with distinctive cups; Gnathopod I, basis lacking distinct anterodistal lobe (hydrodynamic lobe). Gnathopod II, carpus lobe present in juvenile male and absent on adult male. Coxal plate V posterior lobe smaller than anterior lobe; Peraeopod V, basis rounded. Peraeopod VII slender, basis rounded. Uropod I, peduncle with one distomedial robust seta; rami subequal with 3–4 robust setae on outer ramous and 1–2 robust setae on inner ramus. Uropod II, rami sub-equal in length. Uropod III, outer ramus with 5–9 apical robust setae. Telson acute. Female. Description based on a 10.6 mm length specimen. Gnathopod I, basis with anterodistal lobe.
Distribution.
Northern, western, and eastern Atlantic coasts; north eastern Pacific coast.
Remarks.
The genus Ptilohyale includes 12 species: P.barbicornis (Hiwatari & Kajihara, 1981); P.barnardi (Chevreux, 1925); P.bisaeta (Kim & Kim, 1991); P.brevicrusEun et al., 2014; P.crassicornis (Haswell, 1879); P.eburnea (Krapp-Schickel, 1974); P.explorator (Arresti, 1989); P.iole (Barnard, 1970); P.littoralis (Stimpson, 1853); P.plumulosus (Stimpson, 1857); P.ptilocerus (Derzhavin, 1937); P.tristanensis (Macnae, 1953) (Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002, Eun et al. 2014, Lowry 2010). Of these, the descriptions of three of the species showed characters not ascribable to Ptilohyalesensu Bousfield & Hendrycks (2002). Ptilohyalebarnardi (formerly Hyalebarnardi) has brush-setae in antenna II that start at the 4th peduncular article (see Chevreux 1925, Fig. 4A); P.tristanensis (formerly Allorchestestristanensis) (see Macnae 1953, Fig. 4B) and P.eburnea (see Krapp-Schickel 1974, Fig. 4C), do not have brush-setae in antenna II. The absence of some diagnostic character states makes us consider Ptilohyalebarnardi, P.tristanensis, and P.eburnea as nomina dubia, and we encourage further investigations.
Illustrations from the literature of: APtilohyalebarnardi (Chevreux, 1925) BPtilohyaletristanensis (Macnae, 1953) CPtilohyaleeburnea (Krapp-Schickel, 1974).
https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/200267Discussion
Ptilohyale (formerly Parhyale) explorator was described by Arresti (1989) using the dichotomous key to “Parhyale and Parallorchestes” of Barnard (1979: 120); he observed that the specimens collected were not ascribable to any of the species listed therein, due to the presence of dense elongate tufts of plumose setae ventrally on the peduncular article 5 of the antenna II and peduncle of uropod I with distomedial robust seta. These characters (and others listed in Table 3) prompted Arresti to describe a new species, and to revise Barnard’s key; however, both authors had excluded some hyalid species that could be identified with Arresti’s specimens (Table 1).
Characters used by Arresti (1989) for diagnosing Parhyaleexplorator (subsequently synonymised Ptilohyaleexplorator) from the other species of the genus Parhyale.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyaleeburnea Krapp-Schickel, 1974
Uropod I with robust seta on peduncle; Rami of uropods I and II with strong dorsal setae.
Uropod I without robust seta on peduncle; Rami of uropods I and II without strong dorsal setae.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyaleplumicornis (Heller, 1866)
Uropod III with only apical setae; Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Carpus of gnathopod II male with stout process.
Uropod III with apical and dorsal setae; Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Carpus of gnathopod II male with evident process.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyaleaquilina (Costa, 1857)
Uropod I with robust seta on peduncle.
Uropod I without robust seta on peduncle;
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyale?zibellina (Derzhavin, 1937)
Uropod III with only apical setae; Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Uropod I with robust seta on peduncle.
Uropod III with apical and dorsal setae; Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Uropod I without robust seta on peduncle.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyale?iwasai (Shoemaker, 1956)
Uropod III with only apical setae; Propodus of peraeopod VII without setae on posterior margin.
Uropod III with apical and dorsal setae; Propodus of peraeopod VII with setae on posterior margin.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyalehawaiiensis (Dana, 1853)
Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Propodus of peraeopod VII without setae on posterior margin.
Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Propodus of peraeopod VII with setae on posterior margin.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyalepenicillata Shoemaker, 1956
Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Rami of uropods I and II with strong dorsal setae.
Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Rami of uropods I and II without strong dorsal setae.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyalefascigera Stebbing, 1897
Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Rami of uropods I and II with strong dorsal setae.
Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Rami of uropods I and II without strong dorsal setae.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyale of Bulycheva
Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Basipodite of peraeopod VII with rounded posteroventral lobe.
Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Basipodite of peraeopod VII without rounded posteroventral lobe.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyalebasrensis Salman, 1986
Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Uropod I with robust seta on peduncle; Propodus of peraeopod VII without setae on posterior margin.
Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Uropod I without robust seta on peduncle; Propodus of peraeopod VII with setae on posterior margin.
Parhyaleexplorator
Parhyalemultispinosa Stock, 1987
Inner ramous of uropod III poorly defined and fused to the peduncle; Propodus of peraeopod VII without setae on posterior margin.
Inner ramous of uropod III well defined and not fused to the peduncle; Propodus of peraeopod VII with setae on posterior margin.
The following character states are considered diagnostic of Ptilohyaleexplorator: the arrangement of setae on the uropods and the presence of a strong depression on the posterior margin of the basis of peraeopod VII (Table 2). Here, it has been verified that these characters described in Arresti (1989) did not match with the paratypes (Fig. 5). The setae arrangement on uropod III and the posterior margin of basis of peraeopod VII of the paratypes, on the contrary, matched with specimens recently sampled from the explorator type locality and were identified as Ptilohyalelittoralis. In fact, following the dichotomous key to Hyalidae of Bousfield and Hendrycks (2002), the detailed description of Faasse (2014), the paratypes in Ruffo’s collection, and the present specimens collected in Bay of Arcachon can all be identified as Ptilohyalelittoralis (Stimpson, 1853). For these reasons, Ptilohyaleexplorator (Arresti, 1989) is proposed as a synonym of Ptilohyalelittoralis (Stimpson, 1853), which, on base of the Principle of Priority, article 23 of the ICZN Code (Ride Chairman et al. 1999), becomes the valid name of this taxon.
Illustration of male paratype of Parhyaleexplorator, from Ruffo’s collection, uropods I (U1), II (U2), III (U3) and peraeopod VII (P7). Scale bars 1 mm.
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Bousfield (1973) synonymised Ptilohyalelittoralis with Ptilohyaleplumulosus, a species distributed along the Pacific coast of North America. This synonymy was subsequently rejected (Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002), thus limiting the distribution of Ptilohyalelittoralis to the western Atlantic coast of North America (Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002).
Recently, Ptilohyalelittoralis was declared as a recent alien species spreading along the eastern Atlantic coast since 2009 (Faasse 2014, Spilmont et al. 2016, Marchini and Cardeccia 2017), but this study has shown that the species inhabited the Atlanto-European coast at least since 1985.
Moreover, Ptilohyalelittoralis was recently recorded along the eastern Pacific coast of North America (Campbell River, Vancouver, Choi et al. 2016; and Puget Sound, Washington State, Heerhartz et al. 2016), suggesting an extension of the species’ range.
The genus Ptilohyale has been diagnosed with plumose setae on ventral margins of antenna II that start at the 5th peduncular segment and distomedial robust seta on peduncle of uropod I. Behaviourally, it is described as saltatory and occurring in brackish and estuarine waters (Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002).
Ptilohyale is distributed along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts (Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002, Eun et al. 2014, Faasse 2014, Haswell 1879, Heerhartz et al. 2016, Hiwatari and Kajihara 1981, Hutchings et al. 2013, Kim and Kim 1987, 1991, Macnae 1953, McDermott 1998, Peart 2004, Spilmont et al. 2016, Tsoi and Chu 2005, Tunnell and Withers 2009, Turbeville and Caplins 2010). The genus still includes 12 species in some documents (e.g., Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002, Eun et al. 2014, Horton et al. 2017, Lowry 2010) instead of the eight nominal valid species (Table 4).
List of Ptilohyale species exhibiting diagnostic generic characters, and their distribution.
Ptilohyale species
Distribution
Reference
Ptilohyalebarbicornis (Hiwatari and Kajihara, 1981)
Japan Sea, Korea and Japan
Hiwatari and Kajihara 1981, Eun et al. 2014
Ptilohyalebisaeta (Kim and Kim, 1991)
Japan Sea, Korea
Kim and Kim 1991
PtilohyalebrevicrusEun et al., 2014
Japan Sea, Korea
Eun et al. 2014
Ptilohyalecrassicornis (Haswell, 1879)*
Tasman Sea, Australia; Yellows and Japan Seas, China and Korea
Haswell 1879, Hiwatari and Kajihara 1981, Kim and Kim 1987, Peart 2004, Tsoi and Chu 2005, Hutchings et al. 2013
Ptilohyaleiole (JL Barnard, 1970)
Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
Hiwatari and Kajihara 1981
Ptilohyalelittoralis (Stimpson, 1853)
Atlantic Ocean, France, Netherlands, United States and Canada; Pacific Ocean, Canada
Bousfield and Hendrycks (2002), Choi et al. 2016, Faasse 2014, Spilmont et al. 2016, Heerhartz et al. 2016; this paper;
Ptilohyaleplumulosus (Stimpson 1857)**
Pacific Ocean, Alaska, Canada and United States
McDermott 1998, Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002, Tunnell and Withers 2009, Turbeville and Caplins 2010, Heerhartz et al. 2016
Ptilohyaleptilocerus (Derzhavin, 1937)
Japan Sea, Russia
Hiwatari and Kajihara 1981
* erroneously named crassicorne in Bousfield and Hendrycks (2002) instead of crassicornis
** erroneously named plumulosa in Bousfield and Hendrycks (2002) instead of plumulosus
The Atlantic Ptilohyalelittoralis vs. the Mediterranean Parhyaleplumicornis
Due the high connectivity between eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean area, which has already caused a high similarity in the Portuguese and Mediterranean amphipod fauna (Plicanti et al. 2016) it can be supposed that the Atlantic Ptilohyalelittoralis may have spread into the Mediterranean, or vice versa, Parhyaleplumicornis into the Atlantic Ocean.
Parhyaleplumicornis belongs to the Mediterranean fauna and it is the most similar hyalid species to Ptilohyalelittoralis due to the overlapping morphological and ecological characters such as the brush setae along ventral margin of antennae II (Bakir et al. 2013, Iaciofano and Lo Brutto 2017); and both their presences in the intertidal habitat in slow-drying sediments (Arresti 1989, Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002, Iaciofano and Lo Brutto 2017).
Some morphological character states are presented in Fig. 6 as a guide to the correct identifications: Ptilohyalelittoralis (Fig. 6A) has brush setae on the ventral margin of antenna II that start at the 5th peduncular article (Fig. 6B) and distomedial robust setae on the peduncle of uropod I (Fig. 6C). In contrast, Parhyaleplumicornis (Fig. 6E) has brush setae on the ventral margin of antenna II that start at the 4th peduncular article (Fig. 6F) and has a distolateral robust seta on the peduncle of uropod II (Fig. 6G).
These two species show a different and non-overlapping distributions: Ptilohyalelittoralis was recorded along European Atlantic coast (Fig. 6D; Table 4), whereas Parhyaleplumicornis was recorded along Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts (Fig. 6H; Iaciofano and Lo Brutto 2017 and reference therein). In light of the range extension of Ptilohyalelittoralis already recorded over long distances, a clear representation of diagnostic character states is needed. Ptilohyalelittoralis may be invading the Mediterranean Sea where it could probably be a competitor of the Mediterranean endemic Parhyaleplumicornis as it occupies the same habitat.
Comparison between Ptilohyalelittoralis and Parhyaleplumicornis diagnostic characters and distributions. Ptilohyalelittoralis: A illustration of male (Bousfield and Hendrycks 2002) B antenna II male with brush-setae starting at the 5th peduncular segment C right uropod I with peduncular distomedial robust seta D species distribution along the Atlantic coast. Parhyaleplumicornis: E illustration of male (Iaciofano and Lo Brutto 2017) F antenna II male with brush setae starting at the 4th peduncular segment G right uropod I with peduncular distolateral robust seta H species distribution along the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts.
The authors are grateful to Dr. Leonardo Latella and Dr. Roberta Salmaso who provided laboratory facilities and access to the Sandro Ruffo’s collection at the Museum of Natural History of Verona; to Dr. Laure Corbari who provided laboratory facilities and access to the collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Departement Systematique et Evolution (Paris, France); to Dr. Benoit Gouillieux of French National Centre for Scientific Research (Paris, France) for providing the authors of this paper with specimens of Ptilohyalelittoralis from Arcachon bay. The authors are grateful to reviewers who provided valuable suggestions and comments during revision of the manuscript.
This work was supported by the University of Palermo (Grant FFR 2012/2013).
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