Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903 (Amphipoda: Caprellidae): epizoo de Paralomis granulosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (Decapoda: Lithodidae) en aguas de Magallanes, Chile

Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903 is recorded from shallow waters (50 to 100 m depth) off Navarino Island (55o03’ S, 67o33’ W) and Dawson Island (54o04’ S, 70o24’ W), austral Chile. The material examined (N=289 caprellids) was collected mainly in the mouthparts (55%) of the edible crustacean Paralomis granulosa during 2016 fishery season. The percentage of epibiosis varied between 1.8 and 14.8% of the total host sampled, being collected mainly one caprellid by crab. The mortality of C. ungulina by effects of the P. granulosa fishery during 2015 in Magallanes (l,965 ton) produced between 255,450 and 1,061,100 specimens (mean epibiosis of 6.7% ± 4,1%). The mortality by fishing on P. granulosa could affect negatively the population dynamic of C. ungulina if is confirmed a high specificity for this biohabitat and the remotion of juveniles that could not reach the reproductive maturity. It is proposed that the ecological relationship between C. ungulina and P. granulosa could be defined as comensalism under