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112 Lawrence W. Powers<br />
they were for the Xanthidae, without regard to subfamilj^ alignment. The<br />
genus Geryon is treated under a separate family, Geryonidae.)<br />
Bathyplax A. Milne Edwards, 1880<br />
Balhyplax lyphla A. Milne Edwards, 1880 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 16)<br />
Rathbun, 1918, p. 19, (ext-fig. 4, pi. 2; Rathbun, 1933, p. 77, fig. 67; Chace, 1940,<br />
p. 43; Williams, McCloskey & Gray, 1968, p. 52, fig. 8; Pequegnat, 1970, p. 192,<br />
figs. 6-9,6-10.<br />
Range: off North Carolina; west coast of Florida; Mississippi; Texas and<br />
Mexico; west coast of Cuba; St. Croix; St. Lucia; off Recife, Brazil.<br />
Depth: 402 to 878 m (220 to 480 fm); at 1106 m (605 fm) off Cuba. Pequegnat<br />
(1970) determined the highest densities of crabs at 512 m (280 fm) in the<br />
Gulf of Mexico.<br />
Habitat; mainly from muddy substrates; also from coral bottoms. Pequegnat<br />
(1970) reported that blackened specimens were commonly collected, apparently<br />
due to contact with natural oil seepage.<br />
Remarks: Recorded from the Gulf of Chace (1956). Pequegnat (1970) considers<br />
this crab to be the most common deep-water species in the Gulf of Mexico;<br />
ovigerous females were collected in August, November, and December. Guinot<br />
(1971) listed this species under the Xanthidae and under the Goneplacidae<br />
because of the uncertainty of its systematic affinities.<br />
Chacellus Guinot, 1969<br />
Chacellus filiformis Guinot, 1969 (Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat. 41: 722)<br />
Guinot, 1969, p. 722, figs. 135-136, pi. V, fig. 4.<br />
Range: between Bahamas and east coast of Florida; off northwest Florida.<br />
Depth: 183to223m(100tol22fm).<br />
Chasmocarcinus Rathbun, 1898<br />
Chasmocarcinus cylindricus Rathbun, 1901 (Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. for 1900,<br />
vol.2: 10)<br />
Rathbun, 1918, p. 59, text-figs. 28-29; Rathbun, 1933, p. 80, fig. 73; Chace, 1940,<br />
p. 49; Pequegnat, 1970, p. 195.<br />
Range: Mississippi; off Louisiana; Campeche, off Yucatan; north and south<br />
coasts of Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico.<br />
Depth: 13 to 1906m (7 to 1075 fm).<br />
Habitat: mud bottoms; sand, rock, and coral substrates.<br />
Chasmocarcinus mississippiensis Rathbun, 1931 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington<br />
44: 71)<br />
Rathbun, 1931b, p. 71; Felder, 1973a, p. 70, pi. 10, fig. 2.<br />
Range: off coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.<br />
Depth: 4 to 91 m (2to50fm).<br />
Habitat; sand and mud bottoms.