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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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104 Lawrence W. Powers<br />

Rathbun, 1933, p. 56; Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1956, p. 287; Williams, McCloskey &<br />

Gray, 1968, p. 51.<br />

As Paractaea rufopunctata forma nodosa—Guinot, 1969b, p. 252, fig. 25.<br />

Range: North Carolina; Bahamas; east coast of Florida; Florida Keys and Dry<br />

Tortugas; north coast of Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands;<br />

Barbados; Curasao; Cape Frio, Brazil; Ascension Island, South Atlantic.<br />

Depth: 5 to 212 m (3 to 115 fm).<br />

Habitat: coral, broken shell, stone, and sand bottoms; in sponges.<br />

Remarks: This genus was erected by Guinot (1969b) for several species of<br />

Actaea. She compared the differences and similarities of this form and forma<br />

africana and other forms of the rufopunctata complex, deciding that further<br />

research was needed to clarify the systematic relationships of the genus.<br />

ParaZiomer« Rathbun, 1930<br />

Paraliomera dispar (Stimpson, 1871) (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 2; 140)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 244, lext-fig. 38, pi. 101, figs. 4-5; Rathbun, 1933, p. 54.<br />

Range: Bermuda; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas; north coast of Cuba; Jamaica;<br />

Haiti; Puerto Rico; Antigua; Barbados; Curagao; Caribbean coast of<br />

Colombia.<br />

Depth: shallow water to 154 m (to 84 fm).<br />

Habitat: sand, shell, grassy, and mud bottoms; coral reefs and rocky areas.<br />

Paraliomera longimana (A. Milne Edwards, 1865) (Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist.<br />

Nat, Paris 1: 221).<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 243, pi. 101, figs. 1-3; Rathbun, 1933, p. 53, fig. 46.<br />

Range: Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas; Veracruz, Mexico; Puerto Rico;<br />

Virgin Islands; Barbados; Curasao.<br />

Depth: shallow water to 154 m (84 fm).<br />

Habitat: coral reefs and rocky and grassy substrates.<br />

Phymodius A. Milne Edwards, 1863<br />

Phymodius maculalus (Stimpson, 1860).<br />

This species was transferred to Etisus by Guinot (1969b), thus leaving the<br />

genus Phymodius unrepresented in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />

Pilumnoides H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843<br />

Pilumnoides nudifrons (Stimpson, 1871) (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 2: 143)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 538, pi. 218, figs. 1-2.<br />

Range: Florida Straits and Keys; Barbados.<br />

Deptli: 128 to 556 m (70 to 304 fm).<br />

Habitat: sand and rock substrates.

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