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First Record of the Exotic Caprellid Paracaprella pusilla (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in the Peruvian Coast

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Study of small-sized or taxonomically challenging taxa is mandatory to early detect exotic species. The caprellid Paracaprella pusilla has been successfully spreading in many world areas in the last decade. Biofouling from culture lanterns of bivalves Argopecten purpuratus and Pteria sterna were collected between February 2017 and November 2018 in Samanco Bay and Sechura Bay, Peru. This study represents the first record of P. pusilla in Peru, confirming that the species is expanding towards lower latitudes along the Pacific coast of South America. Paracaprella pusilla was found mainly associated with the bryozoan Bugula neritina and hydrozoan Ectopleura cf. crocea. The present study contributes to the knowledge of the biodiversity of these crustaceans in the Peruvian coast, but it is recommended to increase sampling along the Southeast Pacific.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Intercold S.A.C. for the logistical facilities. Special thanks to the members of the ACUINOA research group for their help during the field work. We want to thank Oscar Nizama for providing the samples from Sechura Bay. The present study was funded by the Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Posgrado (VRIP)—Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Grant B18100701. We thank two anonymous reviewers that help us to improve this manuscript.

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This study was funded by Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Posgrado (VRIP)—Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Grant B18100701.

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  1. Laboratorio de Acuicultura, Departamento de Hidrobiología y Pesquería, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Avda. Venezuela Cdra. 34 s/n, Lima, Peru

    Juan A. Chunga-Llauce & Liliana Tapia-Ugaz

  2. Área Funcional de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad, Instituto del Mar del Perú, Esquina Gamarra y General Valle s/n, Chucuito, Callao, Peru

    José Santamaría

  3. Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012, Sevilla, Spain

    José M. Guerra-García

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Conceptualization: Liliana Tapia-Ugaz; Methodology: Liliana Tapia-Ugaz, José Santamaría; Formal analysis and investigation: Juan A. Chunga-Llauce, Liliana Tapia-Ugaz; Writing—original draft preparation: Juan A. Chunga-Llauce; Writing—review and editing: Liliana Tapia-Ugaz, José Santamaría, José M. Guerra-García; Funding acquisition: Liliana Tapia-Ugaz. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Chunga-Llauce, J.A., Tapia-Ugaz, L., Santamaría, J. et al. First Record of the Exotic Caprellid Paracaprella pusilla (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in the Peruvian Coast. Thalassas 38, 1275–1280 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00473-x

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