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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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122 Lawrence W. Powers<br />

Orthotheres Sakai, 1969<br />

Orthotheres serrei (Rathbun, 1909) (Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 69)<br />

As Pinnolheres serrei—Rathbun, 1918, p. 84, text-fig. 41, pi. 19, figs. 1-7; Rathbun,<br />

1933, p. 82.<br />

As Orlholheres serrei—Sakai, 1969, p. 275; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson, 1973,<br />

p. 27.<br />

Range: northwest Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico.<br />

Habitat: at surface; on reef flats; in mantle cavity of Strombus.<br />

Orthotheres strombi (Rathbun, 1905) (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1905:<br />

371)<br />

As Pinnotheres strombi—Rathbun, 1918, p. 90, text-fig. 45, pi. 20, figs. 1-2.<br />

As Orthotheres sJromfti—Sakai, 1969, p. 275; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson, 1973,<br />

p. 27.<br />

Range: west and northwest coasts of Florida.<br />

Habitat: commensal in the gastropods Strombus pugilis, S. alatus, and Pleuroploca.<br />

Remarks: Listed from Florida by Wass (1955), Abele (1970), and Menzel<br />

(1971).<br />

Parapinnixa Holmes, 1894<br />

Parapinnixa bouvieri Rathbun, 1918 (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 97: 111)<br />

Rathbun, 1918, p. Ill, text-fig. 60, pi. 25, figs. 4-10; Rathbun, 1933, p. 83, fig. 75;<br />

Williams, 1963, p. 208, fig. 191; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson, 1973, p. 31.<br />

Range: South Carolina; northeast of Yucatan (Gulf); Puerto Rico.<br />

Depth: 5 to 73 m (3 to 40 fm).<br />

Habitat: coral and sand bottoms; among ventral spines of a sea urchin.<br />

Remarks: Williams (1965) lists ovigerous females from Florida and notes the<br />

association of this crab wdth a sea urchin.<br />

Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun, 1918 (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 97: 109)<br />

Rathbun, 1918, p. 109, text-fig. 59, pi. 26, figs. 1-5; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson,<br />

1973, p. 32.<br />

Range: west coast of Florida; northwest Cuba; Curagao; Maranhao to Bahia,<br />

Brazil.<br />

Depth: 38 to 55 m (21 to 30 fm).<br />

Habitat: free-swimming, pelagic (Cuba, in Rathbun, 1918); on sand and<br />

broken coral bottom in Florida.<br />

Remarks: Recorded from Brazil by Righi (1967) and Coelho and Ramos<br />

(1972).<br />

Pinnaxodes HeWer, 1865<br />

Pinnaxodes floridensis Wells & Wells, 1961 (Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Carib. 11:<br />

267)<br />

Weils & Wells, 1961, p. 267, figs. 1-2; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson, 1973, p. 34.<br />

Range: west and northwest coasts of Florida.

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