Table Of ContentPROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
109(1):34-38. 1996
New locality records of freshwater decapods from Mexico
(Crustacea: Atyidae, Cambaridae, and Palaemonidae)
Gabino A. Rodriguez-Almaraz and Ernesto Campos
(GAR-A) Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, A.P. 105-F,
Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico;
(EC) Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, A.P. 2300,
Ensenada, Baja California 22800, Mexico
—
Abstract. Collections in the Mexican states of Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Ta-
maulipas, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz, provided significant new distribution
records or data for seven freshwater decapods species. Information on each
species is presented, including restricted synonymy, previously known distri-
bution, new localities, and notes on the significance of the new data.
Villalobos-Hiriart et al. (1993) reported description or redescription, changes in ge-
that Mexican freshwater decapods com- neric assignment, and known distribution.
prised about 132 species. Of these, many
are known only from the type locality and, Family Atyidae
in several cases, knowledge on habitat is Potimirim mexicana (De Saussure, 1857)
scarce or non-existent. Rapid changes in —
Potimirim mexicana. Villalobos-Figueroa,
habitat conditions, introduction of non-na-
1959:295-313, pi. VI, figs. 29-38, pi.
tive species, and decline in abundance of
VII, figs. 39-50, pi. VIII, figs. 51-54, pi.
some elements of the original crustacean IX, figs. 55, 56, map. 2, 3.-1982:217,
decapod fauna in northern Mexico (see 223.—Hart, 1961:67, 76.—Smalley, 1963:
Contreras-Balderas 1991; Rodriguez-Al- 177, 179, 181.—Villalobos-Hiriart et al.,
maraz & Campos 1994) prompted us to up- 1993:281.
date the diversity, ranges, and habitat ofthe —
22 species reported from that region. Col- Known distribution. Mexico. This spe-
lections in selected freshwater habitats in cies is found near the sea in the hydrolog-
the states of Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Tamau- ical system of the Gulf of Mexico slope,
lipas, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz pro- from Rio Soto la Marina basin, Tamaulipas,
duced significant new distribution data for to Rio Grijalva basin. Tabasco, and rivers
emptying in Laguna del Carmen, Campe-
seven freshwater decapods species one
che. Central America. Honduras, Costa
Atyidae, one Cambaridae and five Palae-
Rica. Antilles. Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto
monidae). Abbreviations used are: UANL,
Rico (Villalobos-Figue—roa 1982).
Arthropoda Collection, Facultad de Cien-
Material examined. 21 females, Estero
cias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de de Canala, Guayabitos, Nayarit, 2r05'N,
Nuevo Leon; UABC, Invertebrate Collec- 105°15'W, 1 Jun 1995 (UANL). 8 males, 13
tion, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Au- females, Camino a las Varas, Nayarit,
tonoma de Baja California; IBUNAM-EM, 21°10'N, 105°14'W, 2 Jun 1995. 4 males,
Crustacean Collection, Instituto de Biolo- Rio Coy (Rio Choy) [Rio Panuco basin], 28
gia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de km south of Valles city, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico. For each species listed, a restricted 2r51'N, 98°56'W, 27 Aug 1994 (UANL).
synonymy is provided and includes original 3 males (topotypes, IBUNAM-EM uncat.).
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M. A. Quevedo Park, Playa Norte, Vera- Media Luna to El Venado since no super-
cruz, Veracru—z, 19°14'N, 96°08'W, 1958. ficial aquatic drainage system connects
Remarks. Our specimens agree with these localities. An hypogean dispersion or
Villalobos-Figueroa's (1959) description human introduction are two possible expla-
except that we found up to 15 uncinuli on nations.
the appendix interna and, like in P. poti-
mirim (Miiller), a plumose seta close to it. Family Palaemonidae
Even so, morphometric and shape features Macrobrachium acanthurus
recorded by Villalobos-Figueroa allow easy (Wiegmann, 1836)
separation ofthese two species. This record
represents the farthest inland finding of P. Palaemon acanthurus Wiegmann, 1836:
mexicana in the Gulf of Mexico slope, ap- 150.
proximately 250 km upstream in the Rio Macrobrachium acanthurus, Hedgpeth,
Panuco-Rio Coy basin, and is the first re- 1949:30, figs, la, 2, 5.—Holthuis, 1952:
port of this species in the Mexican Pacific 45-53, pi. 8, 9, figs, a, b.—Villalobos-
slope. Figueroa, 1982:217, 22—4.—Williams,
1984:66-68, figs. 44, 45. Markham et
Family Cambaridae al., 1990:419.
Procambarus roberti —
& Known distribution and habitat. From
Villalobos-Figueroa Hobbs, 1974
North Carolina, U.S.A. to Brazil (Holthuis
Procambarus (Pennides) roberti Villalo- 1952; Williams 1984). In Mexico it ranges
bos-Figueroa & Hobbs, 1974:8, fig. 2.— from southern Tamaulipas to Quintana Roo
Hobbs, 1989:74. (Markham et al. 1990). The species lives in
— fresh or sometimes brackish water, and gen-
Known distribution and habitat. Ditch
from La Media Luna, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) erally is not found far inland (Holthuis
south of Rio Verde (on highway to Pedro 1952). —
Material examined. 3 males, Rio Ra-
Montoya) and 2.5 miles (4 km) west on dirt
mos [San Juan basin], municipality of Al-
road to Mina El Refugio, San Luis Potosi
lende, Nuevo Leon, 25°16'N, 100°00'W, 15
(type locality). In strea—ms. Apr 1992 (UANL).
Material examined. 1 male I, 3 fe- Remarks.—This is the first record of M.
males, 6juvenile males, 7 juvenile females.
acanthurus in the state of Nuevo Leon and
El Venado, San Luis Potosi (151 northwest
of San Luis Potosi city and 105 km south- rsepperceiseesntisn tMheexfiacrot,hesatppinrloaxnidmaftienldying36o0ftkhims
west of Matehuala city, San Luis Potosi),
upstream in the Rio Bravo-Rio SanJuan ba-
22°58'N, 101°04'W, Feb 1994 (UANL).
—
sin.
Remarks. The habitat of Procambarus
roberti at El Venado is a spring-pool of ap-
proximately 20 m^ with clear water and a Macrobrachium hobbsi
&
rocky bottom. Only scarce grasses were ob- Nates-Rodriguez Villalobos-Hiriart,
served in the margin of the pool amongst 1990
which the crayfishes were collected. Ostra- Macrobrachium hobbsi Nates-Rodriguez &
cods of the genus Darwinula and Cypron- Villalobos-Hiriart, 1990:7, Fig. 3.—Vil-
odopsis were in the sediment of the bottle
lalobos-Hiriart et al., 1993:285.
where the crayfishes were fixed; however, —
the entocytherid symbiont, Ankylocythere Know distribution. Los Tuxtlas area,
&
barbouri Villalobos-Figueroa Hobbs, southern Veracruz; Arriaga and Tonala,
1974, was not found. It is not clear how P. Chiapas; Rio Ostuta, Oaxaca, and Rio Mur-
roberti moved 160 km northwest from La ga near Petatlan, Guerrero; presumably to
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&
Nayarit (Nates-Rodriguez Villalobos- male above noted with the description and
Hiriart 1990; Villalobo—s-Hiriart 1993). figures provided by Holthius (1952). The
Material examined. 4 males, 1 female, shrimps were collected in a shallow water
20juveniles, Rio Coy (=Rio Choy), 28 km area (15 cm depth) of the Rio Limon,
south of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi, amongst aquatic vegetation. This records
Apr, Jun 1994 (UANL); 1 male, 1 female, represent the farthest inland finding of this
Rio Huichihuayan, 70 km south of Ciudad species in Mexico, approximately 205 km
Valles, San Luis Potosi, 2r32'N, 98°56'W, upstream in the Rio Guayalejo-Rio Limon
Apr 1994 (UANL); 7 juveniles, small pool, basin.
km 160 on the highway Tuxpam-Tampico,
(30 km south of Panuco [Ozuluama]), Ve- Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun, 1902
racruz, 2r5rN, 97°48'W, Nov 1993
Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun, 1902:
(UANL); 3 juveniles, small pool, km 240
93.—Strenth, 1976:2.-1994:91.
on highway Poza Rica-Tuxpam, Veracruz,
Palaemonetes {Palaemonetes) kadiakensis,
20°45'N, 97°31'W, Nov 1993 (UANL).
Remarks.—The presence ofM. hobbsi in Holthuis, 1949:92.-1952—:212, pi. 51, figs,
k-n, pi. 52, figs, a, b. Smalley, 1964:
northern Veracruz and San Luis Potosi rep-
231.—Flemming, 1969:444.—Villalobos-
resents a northern range extension of ap- &
Figueroa Hobbs, 1974:15, fig. 8b.
proximately 850 km. It is remarkable that —
juveniles of M. hobbsi were found in the Known distribution. This species is
same habitat with Palaemonetes mexicanus widespread in fresh-water habitats of Cen-
Strenth, at Rio Coy, San Luis Potosi. This tral U.S.A., including the shores of lakes
does not agree with Strenth's (1976) con- Ontario, Erie, and Michigan, the Mississip-
clusion that juveniles of Macrobrachium pi basin, and the basin of several rivers
competitively exclude Palaemonetes. emptying east and west of the Mississippi
river in the Gulf of Mexico (Holthuis
Macrobrachium olfersi 1952). The only Mexican record is that of
(Wiegmann, 1836) Creaser (1932) for the state ofNuevo Leon,
Palaemon olfersii Wiegm—ann, 1836:150. norMtahteearsitaMleexxiacmoin(eSdt.r—ent4hm1a9l7e6s),.5 females
Macrobrachium olfersi. Holthuis, 1952:
p9e5t-h1,031,94p9i:.352,4,fipgis..2I5d,, f4i,gs5,.a—,Vbi.ll—aHloebdogs-- c(i1lloovs,igNeruoeuvs)o,LReioon,Sa2b6i°n3a9s'NH,id9a9l°g5o9,'VWa,ll2e0-
Apr 1979 (UANL). Tamaulipas: 21 males,
Figueroa, 1967:167-171.—Villalobos- 15 females, 13 Mar 1981 (UABC); 1 male,
Hiriart, 1993:285.
— 3 ovigerous females, 22 Oct 1981; 1 male,
Known distribution. Western Atlantic 4 ovigerous females, 22 Nov 1981; 1 male,
slope. Lower Cape Fear River near South- 6 females, 30 Jun 1982, Rio Alamo, Cd.
port, North Carolina; Florida; Louisiana; Mier, 26°25'34"N, 99°06'41"W; 1 male, 4
Texas; and southern Veracruz, Mexico to females (2 ovigerous), 23 Oct 1983, Presa
Santa Catarina, Brazil (Holthuis 1952). Falcon, Miguel Aleman, 26°39'N, 99°12'W;
Eastern Pacific slope. From Chiapas to 1 male, 2 females, 30 Mar 1983; 1 male, 4
Nayarit, Mexico (Villalobos-Hiriart et al. females, 14 Mar 1987; Rio Bravo, Mata-
1993). — moros 25°50—'N, 97°24'W (UANL).
Material examined. 1 male, 3juveniles, Remarks. Based on the present record
Rio Limon, 8 km north of Ciudad Mante, we believe that the material reported by
Tamaulipas, 22°49'N, 98°56'W, 12 Jun Creaser (1932) from Nuevo Leon came
1994 (UANL—). from the Rio Alamo-Rio Salado basin
Remarks. The identification of M. ol- (northern Nuevo Leon), which empties into
fersi was possible by comparing the adult the Rio Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) in
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the state ofTamaulipas. Previous collecting manuscript. EC is a fellow of the "Progra-
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Juan basin) failed to produce specimens of 95" of the Universidad Autonoma de Baja
P. kadiakensis. California (UABC). This is contribution
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m
1981) was collected in shallow (<1 capodos (formerly Cambarinos) del Norte
depth) and clear-greenish water, the bottom de Mexico" of the UABC and Universidad
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