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36 Lawrence W. Powers<br />
Depth: 46 to 62 m (25 to 34 fm).<br />
Habitat: sand, broken shell, and gravel substrates.<br />
Speloeophorus A. Milne Edwards, 1865<br />
Speloeophorus elevalus Rathbun, 1898 (Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa<br />
4: 290)<br />
Rathbun, 1937, p. 145, pi. 39, figs. 7-9.<br />
Range: Florida Keys; Jamaica; off Cape St. Roque and from Maranhao to<br />
Alagoas, Brazil.<br />
Depth: 1 to 83 m (1 to 45 fm).<br />
Habitat: broken shell substrate.<br />
Remarks: Listed from Brazil by Coelho (1971a) and Coelho and Ramos<br />
(1972).<br />
Speloeophorus nodosus (Bell, 1855) (Trans. Linn. Soc. London 21: 307)<br />
Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 425, pi. 32, fig. 5; Rathbun, 1933, p. 99, fig. 95; Rathbun,<br />
1937, p. 142, pi. 40, figs. 1-5; Williams, 1965, p. 148, figs. 123-124.<br />
Range: North Carolina; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas; Jamaica; Puerto<br />
Rico; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Guadeloupe.<br />
Depth: 3 to 18 m (1.5 to 10 fm).<br />
Habitat: coral reefs and coral-sand bottoms.<br />
Remarks: Williams (1965) states that this species is rare in the northern<br />
part of its range and he cites a report hj Pearse and Williams (1951) of its<br />
occurrence on a reef off North Carolina. This crab readily feigns death when<br />
captured.<br />
Speloeophorus ponlifer (Stimpson, 1871) (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 10:<br />
115)<br />
Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 425, pi. 32, fig. 5; Rathbun, 1933, p. 100; Rathbun, 1937,<br />
p. 144, pi. 39, figs. 1-3; Williams, 1965, p. 149, figs. 125-126.<br />
Range: off North Carolina; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas; west coast of<br />
Florida; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Barbados.<br />
Depth: low tide mark to 229 m (to 125 fm).<br />
Habitat: coral, sand, and shell bottoms.<br />
llhlias Stimpson, 1871<br />
Vhlias Umbalus Stimpson, 1871 (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 10: 118)<br />
Rathbun, 1937, p. 150, pi. 36, figs. 3-3.<br />
Range: west of Key West, Florida; north coast of Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti; St.<br />
Thomas, Virgin Islands.<br />
Depth: 4 to 64 m (2 to 35 fm).<br />
Habitat: shell and grassy substrates.<br />
Subfamily LEUCOSIINAE Samouelle, 1819