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Crabs of the Gulf of Mexico 21<br />
Remarks: Listed from Florida by Hulings (1961) and Abele (1970) and from<br />
Brazil by Coelho and Ramos (1972).<br />
Uypoconcha spinosissima Rathbun, 1933 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 46: 185)<br />
Rathbun, 1937, p. 46, text-fig. 14, pi. 10, figs. 1-2; Felder, 1973a, p. 4+, pi. 6. fig. 4.<br />
Range: off North Carolina; Dry Tortugas; west coast of Florida; ? Texas; off<br />
north coast of Yucatan; Jamaica.<br />
Depth: 26 to 110 m (14to60fm).<br />
Habitat: broken coral or shell, sand bottoms.<br />
Remarks: Although listed by Leary (1967) for Texas, I know of no published<br />
collection records to verify its presence in the northwestern Gulf. Felder (1973a)<br />
includes this species, based on the listing by Leary.<br />
Family PROSOPIDAE von Meyer, 1860<br />
Subfamily HOMOLODROMIINAE Alcock, 1899<br />
(Glaessner, 1969, corrected the family name Prosoponidae of von Meyer,<br />
1860 and listed three subfamilies: Prosopinae, Pithonotinae, and Homolodromiinae.<br />
Only the latter subfamily is extant and many authors treat<br />
this group as a family.)<br />
Dicranodromia A. Milne Edwards, 1880<br />
Dicranodromia ovala A. Milne Edwards, 1880 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 32)<br />
Rathbun, 1937, p. 60, text-fig. 15, pi. 13, figs. 3-4; Chace, 1940, p. 7; Pequegnat,<br />
1970, p. 173.<br />
Range: east and west coasts of Florida; Florida Keys and Straits; off north<br />
coast of Cuba; northwest Caribbean Sea; Guadeloupe; Barbados.<br />
Depth: 128 to 895 m (70 to490 fm).<br />
Habitat: no data available.<br />
Remarks: Rathbun (1937) reported ovigerous females from Florida in June<br />
and Chace (1940) reported ovigerous females from Cuba in early May.<br />
Homolodromia A. Milne Edwards, 1880<br />
Homolodromia paradoxa A. Milne Edwards, 1880 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8:<br />
33)<br />
Rathbun, 1937, p. 58, pi. 13, figs. 1-2, pi. 14, figs. 1-4; Chace, 1940, p. 7.<br />
Range: north coast of Cuba; off Nevis, Leeward Islands<br />
Depth: 651 to 896 m (356 to 490 fm), possibly to 1106 m (605 fm).<br />
Habitat: no data available.<br />
Superfamily HOMOLOIDEA White, 1848<br />
Family HOMOLIDAE White, 1847