Lucifuga lucayana
Moller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe and Nielsen 2006
ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
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Ophidiiformes | Bythitoidei | Bythitidae |
Synonyms
Lucifuga spelaeotes Cohen and Robins 1970 (in part)
Country
BahamasTypes
ANSP 146475 ♀ 99mm SL. Paratypes: ANSP 148497 ♂ 44mm SL, BMNH 1984.12.1.20 ♀ 80mm SL, ZMH 9517 ♀ 85mm SL, ZMH 9522 ♂ 110mm SL, ZMH 9566 ♂ 125mm SL.
Distribution
Type locality: Lucayan Caverns, Grand Bahama Island, Little Bahamas Bank, Bahamas. Known only from locations on the Little Bahama Bank (cf. Lucifuga spelaeotes which is known only from the Grand Bahama Bank). Recorded from: Lucayan Caverns and Zodiac Caverns, Grand Bahama (Yager 1981, Yager and Williams 1988, Cunliffe 1985:106,108), and unnamed locations on Abaco (specimen ANSP 148497 (paratype), Anonymous 1979).
Systematics
Until the review by Moller, Schwarzhans, Iliffe and Nielsen (2006) all species of Lucifuga from the Bahamian islands were placed in Lucifuga spelaeotes Cohen and Robins 1970. It was always likely that populations on the two major Bahamian landforms, the Great Bahama Bank (to the south) and the Little Bahama Bank (to the north), were separate taxa, since the Providence Channel (or Great Bahama Canyon) which separates them is 5000m deep. When 50 specimens from seven island on both Banks were examined carefully it was obvious that each Bank has a separate species.
Conservation Status
MuG [EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii):3.1:2015]
(Dooley, J., Collette, B., Aiken, K.A., Marechal, J. & Pina Amargos, F. 2015. Lucifuga lucayana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16467724A16510047.en. Downloaded on 10 July 2017).
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
- Yager, J. (1981)
- Burgess, G.H. (1983)
- Hart, C.W., Manning, R.B. and Iliffe, T.M. (1985)
- Cunliffe, S. (1985)
- Palmer, R.J. (1985)
- Palmer, R.J. (1985)
- Burgess, G.H. and Franz, R. (1987)
- Yager, J. and Williams, D. (1988)
- Wilkens, H., Strecker, U. and Yager, J. (1989)
- Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and Bohlke, E.B. (1991)
- Yager, J. and Spokane, R.B. (1997)
- Hutchinson, J.M.C. (1998)
- Cocking, S. (1999)
- Koenemann, S., Iliffe, T.M. and Yager, J. (2004)
- Hernández, D.A. (2005)
- Moller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W., Iliffe, T.M. and Nielsen, J.G. (2006)
- Garrido-Linares, M. and Acero, P.A. (2006)
- Daenekas, J., Iliffe, T.M., Yager, J. and Koenemann, S. (2009)
- Gonzalez, B.C., Iliffe, T.M., Macalady, J.L., Schaperdoth. I. and Kakuk, B. (2011)
- Garcia-Machado, E., Hernandez, D., Moller, P.R., Bernatchez, L. and Casane, D. (2011)
- Gonzalez, B.C., Singpiel, A. and Schlagner, P. (2013)
- Moller, P.R., Knudsen, S.W., Schwarzhans, W. and Nielsen, J.G. (2016)
- Knudsen, S.W., Møller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W. and Nielsen, J.G. (2016)
- Gonzalez, B.C., Martínez, A., Borda, E., Iliffe, T.M., Fontaneto, D. and Worsaae, K. (2017)
- Ditter, R.E., Erdman, R.B., Goebel, A.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. (2019)
- Ditter, R.E., Snyder, A.P., Schulman, S.E. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. (2019)
- Gonzalez B.C., Martínez A., Olesen J., Truskey S.B., Ballou L., Allentoft-Larsen M., Daniels J., Heinerth P., Parrish M., Manco N., Ward J., Iliffe T.M., Osborn K.J. and Worsaae K., (2020)
- Ditter, R.E., Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. (2020)
- Carpenter, J.H. (2021)
- Ballou, L., Iliffe, T.M., Kakuk, B., Gonzalez, B.C., Osborn, K.J., Worsaae, K., Meland, K., Broad, K., Bracken-Grissom, H. and Olesen, J. (2021)
Yager, J. | Journal Article | 1981 | Remipedia, a new class of crustacea from a marine cave in the Bahamas |
Burgess, G.H. | Book Section | 1983 | Lucifuga |
Hart, C.W., Manning, R.B. and Iliffe, T.M. | Journal Article | 1985 | The fauna of Atlantic marine caves: evidence of dispersal by sea floor spreading while maintaining ties to deep waters |
Cunliffe, S. | Journal Article | 1985 | The flora and fauna of Sagittarius, an anchialine cave and lake in Grand Bahama |
Palmer, R.J. | Journal Article | 1985 | The Blue Holes of eastern Grand Bahama |
Palmer, R.J. | Book | 1985 | The Blue Holes of the Bahamas |
Burgess, G.H. and Franz, R. | Book Section | 1987 | Zoogeography of the Antillean freshwater fish fauna |
Yager, J. and Williams, D. | Journal Article | 1988 | Predation by grey snapper on cave bats in the Bahamas |
Wilkens, H., Strecker, U. and Yager, J. | Journal Article | 1989 | Eye reduction and phylogenetic age of ophidiiform cave fishes |
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and Bohlke, E.B. | Journal Article | 1991 | Additions to the ichthyofauna of the Bahama Islands, with comments on endemic species |
Yager, J. and Spokane, R.B. | Book Section | 1997 | The biodiversity and water chemistry of an anchialine cave in the Bahamas |
Hutchinson, J.M.C. | Journal Article | 1998 | Factors influencing the surface fauna of inland Blue Holes on South Andros, Bahamas |
Cocking, S. | Journal Article | 1999 | Can Blue Holes be protected. Pollution and development are their natural enemies |
Koenemann, S., Iliffe, T.M. and Yager, J. | Journal Article | 2004 | Kaloketos pilosus, a new genus and species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands |
Hernández, D.A. | Thesis | 2005 | Relaciones evolutivas de las especies del genéro Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes: Bythitidae) en Cuba |
Moller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W., Iliffe, T.M. and Nielsen, J.G. | Journal Article | 2006 | Revision of the Bahamian cave-fishes of the genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), with description of a new species from Islands on the Little Bahama bank |
Garrido-Linares, M. and Acero, P.A. | Journal Article | 2006 | Peces Ophidiiformes del Atlántico occidental tropical con especial énfasis en el mar Caribe colombiano |
Daenekas, J., Iliffe, T.M., Yager, J. and Koenemann, S. | Journal Article | 2009 | Speleonectes kakuki, a new species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from anchialine and sub-seafloor caves on Andros and Cat Island, Bahamas |
Gonzalez, B.C., Iliffe, T.M., Macalady, J.L., Schaperdoth. I. and Kakuk, B. | Journal Article | 2011 | Microbial hotspots in anchialine blueholes: initial discoveries from the Bahamas |
Garcia-Machado, E., Hernandez, D., Moller, P.R., Bernatchez, L. and Casane, D. | Conference Paper | 2011 | Phylogenetic relationships among Cuban and Bahamian species of the blind cave-fishes genus Lucifuga: A shared lineage among two isoloated archipelagoes |
Gonzalez, B.C., Singpiel, A. and Schlagner, P. | Journal Article | 2013 | Godzillius fuchsi, a new species of Remipedia (Godzilliidae) from Abaco Island, Bahamas |
Moller, P.R., Knudsen, S.W., Schwarzhans, W. and Nielsen, J.G. | Journal Article | 2016 | A new classification of viviparous brotulas (Bythitidae) – with family status for Dinematichthyidae – based on molecular, morphological and fossil data |
Knudsen, S.W., Møller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W. and Nielsen, J.G. | Journal Article | 2016 | Molecular, morphological and fossil input data for inferring relationship among viviparous brotulas (Bythitidae) – Resulting in a family status change for Dinematichthyidae |
Gonzalez, B.C., Martínez, A., Borda, E., Iliffe, T.M., Fontaneto, D. and Worsaae, K. | Journal Article | 2017 | Genetic spatial structure of an anchialine cave annelid indicates connectivity within - but not between - islands of the Great Bahama Bank |
Ditter, R.E., Erdman, R.B., Goebel, A.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. | Journal Article | 2019 | Widespread phenotypic hypervariation in the enigmatic anchialine shrimp Barbouria cubensis (Decapoda: Barbouriidae) |
Ditter, R.E., Snyder, A.P., Schulman, S.E. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. | Journal Article | 2019 | Notes on the behavior and first records of three enigmatic anchialine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Barbouriidae, Palaemonidae) in the Bahamas |
Gonzalez B.C., Martínez A., Olesen J., Truskey S.B., Ballou L., Allentoft-Larsen M., Daniels J., Heinerth P., Parrish M., Manco N., Ward J., Iliffe T.M., Osborn K.J. and Worsaae K., | Journal Article | 2020 | Anchialine biodiversity in the Turks and Caicos Islands: New discoveries and current faunal composition |
Ditter, R.E., Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. | Journal Article | 2020 | Anchialine adjustments: an updated phylogeny and classification for the family Barbouriidae Christoffersen 1987 (Decapoda: Caridea) |
Carpenter, J.H. | Journal Article | 2021 | Forty-year natural history study of Bahalana geracei Carpenter, 1981, an anchialine cave-dwelling isopod (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from San Salvador Island, Bahamas: reproduction, growth, longevity, and population structure |
Ballou, L., Iliffe, T.M., Kakuk, B., Gonzalez, B.C., Osborn, K.J., Worsaae, K., Meland, K., Broad, K., Bracken-Grissom, H. and Olesen, J. | Journal Article | 2021 | Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago |