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The first record of Betaeus levifrons (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from the Pacific Coast of Japan, with remarks on symbiosis with Upogebia major

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2025

Yumi Henmi  and
Gyo Itani
Yumi Henmi*
Affiliation:
Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Nagahama, Japan
Gyo Itani
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
*
Corresponding author: Yumi Henmi; Email: henmi.yumi.7c@kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Five specimens of the rare alpheid shrimp Betaeus levifrons Vinogradov, 1950 were collected from the burrows of the mud-shrimp Upogebia major (De Haan, 1841) in Akkeshi and Usu Bays, along the Pacific coast of Hokkaido, Japan. As B. levifrons has been previously only reported from the Russian coast of the Sea of Japan, the Hokkaido specimens represent the first record of this species from the western Pacific coast as well as a new to the Japanese fauna. Ovigerous females of B. levifrons were recorded for the first time based on specimens. This study provides additional data on this species, including its distribution, colour variation, and DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I barcoding regions. Lastly, we revised the available data on the symbiotic fauna of U. major.

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alpheid shrimpburrow associatemudflatNorth-West Pacificsymbiotic shrimp

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 105 , 2025 , e79
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

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