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108 Lawrence W. Powers<br />
Platypodia spectahilis (Herbst, 1794).<br />
Platypodia Bell, 1835<br />
This species was transferred to a new genus, Platypodiella, by Guinot (1967b).<br />
leaving this genus without a representative in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Platypodiella Guinot, 1967<br />
Platypodiella spectahilis (Herbst. 1794) (Natur. Krabben u. Krebse, vol. 2, p.<br />
153)<br />
As Platypodia spectabUis—Rathhun, 1930, p. 247, text-fig. 39, pi. 102, fig. 4;<br />
Ralhbun, 1933, p. 54, fig. 47.<br />
As Platypodiella spectabilis—Guinot, 1967b, p. 562; Felder, 1973a, p. 65, pi. 9,<br />
fig. 10.<br />
Range: Bermuda; Bahamas; Florida Keys; Texas; Veracruz, Mexico, Jamaica;<br />
Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Barbados; Curagao; Fernando<br />
de Noronha, Brazil.<br />
Depth: 4 to 13 m (2 to 7.5 fm).<br />
Habitat: coral reefs; under stones.<br />
Remarks: This species is illustrated by Forest & Guinot (1966, fig. 7). Listed<br />
from Brazil and described by Fausto Filho (1974). Guinot (1967b) transferred<br />
this species from Platypodia to the newly-erected genus.<br />
Pseudomedaeus Guinot, 1967<br />
Pseudoniedaeus agassizii (A. Milne Edwards, 1880) (Crust. Reg. Mex., p. 270)<br />
As Leptodius agassizii—Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 441, pi. 34, fig. 6; Rathbun, 1930,<br />
p. 307, pi. 141, figs. 4-5; Williams, 1965, p. 192, figs. 174,183H.<br />
As Pseudomedaeus agassizii—Guinot, 1968a, p. 726, fig. 25; Felder, 1973a, p. 67,<br />
pi. 9, fig. 11.<br />
Range: North Carolina; Florida Straits and Keys; Dry Tortugas; west and<br />
northwest coasts of Florida; Louisiana and Texas; Virgin Islands.<br />
Depth: 7 to 82 m (4 to 45 fm).<br />
Habitat: sand, shell, rock, and coral bottoms; from sponges.<br />
Remarks: Costlow and Bookhout (1968a) described larval development. Williams<br />
(1965) noted morphological variability over the range of this species and<br />
reported ovigerous females from April to November. Listed from Florida by<br />
Wass (1955) andAbele (1970). Abele (1970) commented on variation in anteriolateral<br />
teeth and tuberculation of the chelae.<br />
Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 1898<br />
Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) (Rept. Invert. Massachusetts, p. 326)<br />
Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 441, pi. 35, fig. 5; Rathbun, 1930, p. 456, text-fig. 75, pi. 183,<br />
figs. 7-8; Williams, 1965, p. 187, figs. 169, 183C; Christiansen, 1969, p. 81, fig. 33,<br />
map 27; Felder, 1973a, p. 67, pi. 9, fig. 14.<br />
Range: New Brunswick to south Florida; west and northwest coasts of Florida;