CRUSTACEA DECAPODA (EXCL SERGESTIDAE) FROM IBERO-MOROCCAN WATERS - RESULTS OF BALGIM-84 EXPEDITION

During the Balgim-84 Expedition, carried out from both sides of the St raits of Gibraltar (Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of Cadiz and Mediterranean Se a: Alboran Sea), in depths between 137 and 2,142 m, 3,559 specimens of decapods belonging to 122 species were captured. Many of these specie s are rare, of biogeographical interest and represent new records for the area. For some species, anatomical details are given. A specimen o f Plesionika may be a new species. The collection of Calocarides coron atus, Sympagurus acinops, Monodaeus guinotae, Periclimenes kornii, Alp heus talismani, Athanas amazone, Merhippolyte ancitrosta, Eualus cf. l ebourae, Plesionika williamsi, Pontophilus cf. abyssi, Spongicoloides evolutus, Spongicoloides profundus, Odontozona edwardsi. Catapaguroide s iris and Strobopagurus gracilipes, among others, represents new reco rds for the Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic, and Iberian waters.