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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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118 'Lawrence W. Powers<br />

As CymopoUa affinis—TKathhuTi, 1918, p. 196, text-fig. 121, pi. 46, pi. 47, fig. 3;<br />

Rathbun, 1933, p. 85.<br />

Range: southeast and west coasts of Florida; Dry Tortugas; Virgin Islands;<br />

Barbados; Guianas to Espirito Santo, Brazil.<br />

Depth: 33to214m (18toll7fm).<br />

Habitat: sand, shell, and coral substrates.<br />

Remarks: Listed from Brazil by Rodrigues da Costa (1968a), Coelho (1971c),<br />

and Coelho and Ramos (1972).<br />

Palicus alternaliis Rathbun, 1897 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11: 95)<br />

As CymopoUa nflernaln—Ratlibun, 1918, p. 188, text-fig. 117, pis. 42-43.<br />

As Palicus alternatus—Williams, 1965, p. 215, fig. 200.<br />

Range: North Carolina; Florida Keys; west and northwest coasts of Florida.<br />

Depth: 7 to 110 m (4 to 60 fm).<br />

Habitat: sand, gravel, broken shell, coral, and sand-mud bottoms.<br />

Remarks: Ovigerous females are known from Florida during January to<br />

August and from North Carolina in October (Williams, 1965).<br />

Palicus cursor (A. Milne Edwards, 1880) (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 29)<br />

As CymopoUa cursor—Rathbun, 1918, p. 215, text-figs. 130-131, pi. 52, figs. 1-2;<br />

Chace, 1940, p. 50.<br />

Range: North Carolina; Florida Keys; northwest coast of Florida; north coast<br />

of Cuba; St. Christopher; Dominica; Barbados.<br />

Depth: 206to530m( 107to290fm).<br />

Habitat: sand ooze, sand-mud, sand, and broken shell bottoms.<br />

Remarks: Rathbun (1918) reported ovigerous females from North Carolina<br />

in October, from Florida in March, and from the Antilles in January-February.<br />

Palicus denlalus (A. Milne Edwards, 1880) (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 28)<br />

As CymopoUa dentata—Rathbun, 1918, p. 202, text-fig. 124.<br />

As PaUcus denlalus—Pequegnat, 1970, p. 197.<br />

Range: Florida Keys; west coast of Florida; off Alabama; off Barbados.<br />

Depth: 27 to 139 m (15 to 76 fm).<br />

Habitat: coral and broken shell bottoms.<br />

Palicus faxoni Rathbun, 1897 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 11: 96)<br />

As CymopoUa faxoni—'Rathhuit, 1918, p. 194, text-fig. 120, pi. 45,2-3.<br />

As PaUcus /a-voni—Williams, 1965, p. 216, fig. 201.<br />

Range: North Carolina; east coast of Florida; northeast of Yucatan (Gulf); ?<br />

off Cape Frio, Brazil.<br />

Depth: 59 to 93 m (32 to 51 fm).<br />

Habitat: sand substrates.<br />

Palicus gracilipes (A. Milne Edwards, 1880) (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 29)<br />

As CymopoUa graciUpes—Ratlibun, 1918, p. 221, text-fig. 133, pi. 52, figs. 3-4;<br />

Chace, 1940, p. 51.<br />

Range: Bahamas; north of Yucatan; north coast of Cuba.

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