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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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Crabs of the Gulf of Mexico 123<br />

Ilabitat: commensal in the cloaca and respiratory tree of the holothurian,<br />

Theelothuria princeps (Selenlza), which buries in sand; juvenile crabs are found<br />

in the anterior digestive tract of the host.<br />

Remarks: Wells and Wells (1961) provided data on the natural history,<br />

ecology, and morphology of this crab and Pearce (1966) reviewed the biology<br />

and host relationships. Abele (1970) listed the angel wing mollusc, Cyrtopleura<br />

cosiata, as a host for a sexual intermediate form of this crab. Listed from northwest<br />

Florida by Menzel (1971).<br />

Pinnotheres Bosc, 1801-1802<br />

Pinnotheres geddesi Miers, 1880 (J. Linn. Soc. London, Zool. 15: 86)<br />

Rathbun, 1918, p. 70, text-fig. 32, pi. 16, figs. 1-4; Rathbun, 1933, p. 82; Schmitt,<br />

McCain & Davidson, 1973, p. 45.<br />

Range: Veracruz, Mexico; eastern Cuba (Atlantic); Puerto Rico; ? Jamaica.<br />

Habitat: commensal in mangrove oysters (? Crassostrea rhizophorae) and<br />

Ostrea.<br />

Pinnotheres guerini H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Paris 20:<br />

219)<br />

Rathbun, 1918, p. 101, text-fig, 52; Rathbun, 1933, p. 83; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson,<br />

1973, p. 48.<br />

Range: Cuba (location not specified); Puerto Rico.<br />

Habitat: reported from oysters.<br />

Remarks: The location of the type specimen in Cuba is unspecified, thus this<br />

species may not be present in the Gulf of Mexico.<br />

Pinnotheres hemphilli Rathbun, 1918 (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 97: 99)<br />

Rathbun, 1918, p. 99, text-fig. 51, pi. 23; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson, 1973, p. 48.<br />

Range: Cedar Keys, Florida.<br />

Habitat: intertidal.<br />

Remarks: Known only from a single type specimen.<br />

Pinnotheres hirtimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Paris<br />

20: 219)<br />

Rathbun, 1918, p. 101; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson, 1973, p. 48.<br />

Range: Cuba, location unspecified.<br />

Remarks: Known only from the single type specimen.<br />

Pinnotheres maculatus Say, 1818 (J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 450)<br />

Common Names: Mussel Crab; Pea Crab<br />

Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 443, pi. 35, fig. 10; Rathbun, 1918, p. 74, text-figs. 35-36,<br />

pi. 17, figs. 3-6; Rathbun, 1933, p. 82, fig. 74; Williams, 1965, p. 206, fig. 190;<br />

Felder, 1973a, p. 74, pi. 10, figs. 10-11; Schmitt, McCain & Davidson, 1973, p. 53.<br />

Range: Massachusetts to south Florida; west coast of Florida to Texas; northwest<br />

Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Uruguay and Argentina.<br />

Depth: surface to 50 m (to 27 fm).

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