CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

34 Lawrence W. Powers
Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785) (Versuch Naturgesch. Krabben u. Krebse,
vol. l,p. 199)
As H. princeps—Rathbun, 1933, p. 104, fig. 101; Rathbun, 1937, p. 235, pi. 70,
figs. 1-2.
As H. pudibundus—Holthviis, 1959, p. 167, figs. 36-37, 38a-b; Williams, 1965,
p. 157, figs. 138-139; Guinot, 1966, p. 755, figs. 9, 18, 30; Fausto Filho, 1967, p. 50,
fig. 5, pi. II, figs. 9-10; Felder, 1973a, p. 43, pi. 5, fig. 13.
Bange: off Georgia; off Louisiana and Texas; north and south coasts of Cuba;
Jamaica; Haiti; Puerto Bico; St. Thomas to Guadeloupe; Panama (Carib.);
Surinam; Bahia to Santa Catarina, Brazil; off Guinea, western Africa; Cape of
Good Hope, South Africa.
Depth: shore to 49 m (to 27 fm).
Habitat: very shallow waters with sand-mud and shell-mud bottoms. Often
carries anemones and barnacles on carapace.
Bemarks: The systematic status of this species and the genus have been
reviewed by Holthuis (1959) and by Guinot (1966). Holthuis reported ovigerous
females from Surinam in April. Behre (1950) collected this crab at Grand Isle,
Louisiana, only once or twice, from among oyster beds. Leary (1967) lists this
species from Texas and Felder (1973a) confirms this with a record of his own.
Nomura and Fausto Filho (1966) reported biometric data on this crab from
Brazil and additional Brazilian records were provided by Bodrigues da Costa
(1968a) and Coelho and Bamos (1972).
Osachila Stimpson, 1871
(See remarks under Matutinae with regard to this genus and Hepatus.)
Osachila antillensis Bathbun, 1898 (Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 4:
290)
Rathbun, 1933, p. 104, fig. 100; Rathbun, 1937, p. 251, pi. 77, fig. 2.
Bange: north coast of Cuba; St. Croix, Virgin Islands; Montserrat; Dominica;
Barbados; Grenada.
Depth: 123 to 304 m (67 to 164 fm).
Habitat: sand, shell, coral, and rock substrates; on sand-mud bottoms.
Osachila semilevis Bathbun, 1916 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 50: 652)
Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 422, pi. 31, fig. 9; Rathbun, 1937, p. 251, pi. 77, fig. 1;
Williams, 1965; p. 159, fig. 142.
Bange: North Carolina; Dry Tortugas; northwest Florida.
Depth: 2 to 91 m(lto50fm).
Habitat: sand, shell, and rocky bottoms.
Bemarks: Williams (1965) reports that this species has been collected north
of Florida only twice, both tim.es in the Beaufort, North Carolina area. He also
reports ovigerous females from Florida in July. Listed from Florida by Wass
(1955) andAbele(1970),butnotbyMenzel (1971).
Osachila tuberosa Stimpson, 1871 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 2: 154)
Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 423, pi. 31, fig. 10; Rathbun, 1937, p. 250, pi. 77, fig. 3;