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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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CycZorforippe orn«fa Chace, 1940 (Torreia 3: 19)<br />

Range: Florida Straits; Florida Keys; Puerto Rico.<br />

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Depth: 128 to 549 m (70 to 300 fm).<br />

Habitat: sand and rocky bottoms.<br />

Crabs of the Gulf of Mexico 27<br />

Chace, 1940, p. 19, figs. 7, 8.<br />

Range: off north coast of Cuba.<br />

Depth: 375 to 439 m (205 to 240 fm).<br />

Remarks: Chace (1940) reported an ovigerous female from off Cuba, taken in<br />

May at 240 fm.<br />

Cymonomus A. Milne Edwards, 1880<br />

Cymonomus caecus Chace, 1940 (Torreia 3: 12)<br />

Chace, 1940, p. 12, figs. 1-2.<br />

Range: north coast of Cuba.<br />

Depth: 841m (460fm).<br />

Cymonomus cubensis Chace, 1940 (Torreia 3: 16)<br />

Chace, 1940, p. 16, figs. 5-6.<br />

Range: north coast of Cuba.<br />

Depth: 475 to 1006 m (260 to 550 fm).<br />

Remarks: Chace (1940) reported ovigerous females from off Cuba in March<br />

and May. He feels that this species is a possible link between the genera<br />

Cymonomus and Cymopolus and it may be eventually elevated to generic status<br />

when studied further.<br />

Cymonomus quadratus A. Milne Edwards, 1880 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 8: 26)<br />

Rathbun, 1933, p. 106, fig. 104; Rathbun, 1937, p. 98, le.xt-fig. 23, pi. 30, fig. 3,<br />

pi. 31, fig. 3.<br />

Range: northwest of Dry Tortugas; west, north and south coasts of Cuba;<br />

Puerto Rico; Lesser Antilles, from St. Croix to Grenada.<br />

Depth: 185to929m(101to508fm).<br />

Habitat: soft bottoms, fine sand, mud, and ooze.<br />

Cymonomus roslralus Chace, 1940 (Torreia 3: 14)<br />

Chace, 1940, p. 14, figs. 3, 4.<br />

Range: north coast of Cuba.<br />

Depth: 658m (360fm).<br />

Cymopolus A. Milne Edwards, 1880<br />

(This genus should not be confused with Cymopolia Roux, a synonym<br />

of Paliciis Phillipi, of the family Palicidae)<br />

Cymopolus af;assizi A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1899 (Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat.,<br />

Paris 5: 385)<br />

Rathbun, 1937, p. lOO, pi. 30, fig, 2, pi. 31, fig. 2.

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