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42 Lawrence W. Powers<br />
Epiahus dilalalus A. Milne Edwards, 1878 (Crust. Reg. Mex., p. 140)<br />
Rathbun, 1925, p. 153, text-fig. 53j, pi. 45, fig. 2; Rathbun, 1933, p. 15, fig. 14;<br />
Williams, 1965, p. 249, figs. 228, 233D.<br />
Range: North Carolina; Bahamas; south Florida; Dry Tortugas; Isia Mujeres,<br />
Yucatan (Carib.); Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.<br />
Depth: 5 to 22 m (2.5 to 12 fm).<br />
Habitat: sand, coral, and broken shell substrates.<br />
Remarks: Yang (1968) describes the development of this crab to the first<br />
adult stage under laboratory conditions. The taxonomic status of the elongated<br />
form is still unclear and is described separate^ below.<br />
Epiahus dilalalus forma elongala Rathbun, 1923 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington<br />
36: 72)<br />
Rathbun, 1925, p. 154, fig. 53k, pi. 48.<br />
Range: Florida Keys; south, west, and northwest coasts of Florida.<br />
Depth: 2tol4m(l to7.5fm).<br />
Habitat: on sandy bottoms with grass; in patches of Sargassum.<br />
Remarks: Abele (1970) notes the considerable variation in this species and<br />
genus and he expresses reservations about the distinct status of this form. Florida<br />
listings include Wass (1955), Abele (1970), Menzel (1971), and Lyons et al,<br />
(1971). Wass (1955) collected this crab from Sargassum, off Ochlockonee Bay,<br />
Florida. Rathbun (1925) reported ovigerous females from Florida in January<br />
and February; other records include ovigerous females from Florida in March<br />
and July.<br />
Epiahus longiroslris Stimpson, 1860 (Ann. Lye. Nat. Llist. New York 7: 199)<br />
Rathbun, 1925, p. 151, text-figs. 53g, 56.<br />
Range: Key West and west coast of Florida; Cuba; Jamaica; St. Thomas,<br />
Virgin Islands; northeast Brazil.<br />
Depth: shallow water, 3 to 5 m (2 to 3 fm) off Cuba; 19 to 54 m (10 to 30 fm)<br />
off Brazil.<br />
Remarks: Listed from Brazil by Coelho (1971c).<br />
Mocosoa Stimpson, 1871<br />
Mocosoa crebripunclala Stimpson, 1871 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 2: 128)<br />
Rathbun, 1925, p. 159, text-fig. 59, pi. 49, figs. 3-4.<br />
Range: Florida Straits; off Cape San Bias, northwest Florida; Maranhao to<br />
Espirito Santo, Brazil.<br />
Depth: 27 to 131m (15 to 72fm).<br />
Remarks: Listed from Brazil by Coelho (1971a) and by Coelho and Ramos<br />
(1972).<br />
Subfamily INACHINAE Macleay, 1838