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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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106 Lawrence W. Powers<br />

Pilumnus gemmalus Stimpson, 1860 (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 7: 214)<br />

Rathbun, 1&30, p. 513, pi. 207, figs. 1-3; Rathbun, 1933, p. 72.<br />

Range: Dry Tortugas; Culebra; Virgin Islands; Curagao.<br />

Depth: shore to 42 m (to 23 fm).<br />

Habitat: shallow water lagoons; coral and rock bottoms; in corals; on seavvoods.<br />

Pilumnus holosericus Rathbun, 1898 (Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa<br />

4: 268)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 519, text-fig. 81, pi. 207, figs. 8-9; Rathbun, 1933, p. 73, fig. 61.<br />

Range: Bahamas; Dry Tortugas; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Trinidad;<br />

Curasao.<br />

Depth: shallow water.<br />

Habitat: near shore, under stones; coral reefs; rocky areas.<br />

PiZMmnMsZwclews Stimpson, 1871 (Bull. Mus. Comp.Zool. 2: 142)<br />

Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 440, pi. 35, fig. 3; Rathbun, 1930, p. 511, pi. 205, figs. 1-2;<br />

Williams, 1965, p. 180, figs. 157E, 161.<br />

Range: North and South Carolina; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas; west<br />

coast of Florida; north coast of Cuba.<br />

Depth: low tide mark to 15 m (8 fm).<br />

Habitat: sand, shell, rock, coral, and mud substrates; among sponges and seaweed;<br />

under stones; on buoys and pilings; in beds of Thalassia.<br />

Remarks: Williams (1965) listed records of ovigerous females; Limz (1937)<br />

provided notes on ecology of South Carolina populations, listed from Florida by<br />

Wass (1955), Tabb and Manning (1961) and Lyons gZ aZ. (1971). Rouse (1970)<br />

found this crab to be the most common pilumnid collected in Florida Bay.<br />

Pilumnus longleyiRathhun, 1930 (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 152: 502)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 502, pi. 202, figs. 4-5.<br />

Range: Bahamas; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas.<br />

Depth: shallow water.<br />

Habitat: rocky and coral bottoms.<br />

Remarks: Rathbun (1930) noted that this species is easily confused with P.<br />

caribaeus and P. sayi; she compared the three species morphologically and described<br />

the young of P. longleyi.<br />

Pilumnus marshi Rathbun, 1901 (Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. for 1900. vol. 20, pt.<br />

2, p. 41)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 499, text-fig. 80; Rathbun, 1933, p. 72.<br />

Range: Dry Tortugas; Virgin Islands.<br />

Depth: shallow water to 37 m (to 20 fm).<br />

Habitat: coral bottoms.<br />

Pilumnus pannosus Rathbun, 1896 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 19: 142)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 514, pi. 207, figs. 4-5; Rathbun, 1933, p. 72; Williams, 1965,<br />

p. 181, figs. 157F, 162; Felder, 1973a, p. 64, pi. 9, fig. 12.<br />

Range: North Carolina; Bahamas; southeast Florida; Florida Keys; west and<br />

northwest coasts of Florida; Texas; Puerto Rico; Jamaica; Virgin Islands.

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