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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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Crabsof the Gulf of Mexico 83<br />

Habitat: mainly on sandy bottoms, often with weeds or grass; also on mud,<br />

shell, and stone substrates; on coral reefs; buries in sand; in shallow waters,<br />

brackish ponds.<br />

Remarks: Rathbun (1930) reported ovigerous females from North Carolina<br />

in October and from Cuba in June. Listed from Brazil by Coelho (1971a) and<br />

by Coelho and Ramos (1972).<br />

Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969 (Bull. Mar. Sci. 19: 409)<br />

Holthuis, 1969, p. 409, fig. 1.<br />

Range: Bahamas; Florida Straits; north coast of Cuba; east of Yucatan, in<br />

Caribbean Sea; off Caribbean coasts of Panama and Colombia.<br />

Depth: 74 to 291 m (40 to 159 fm). possibly to a range of 63 to 467 m (34 to<br />

255 fm).<br />

Remarks: Holthuis (1969) notes that some of the specimens of P. spinicarpus<br />

in Rathbun (1930) may be P. binoculus and these may include a record from<br />

Tortugas at 37 m (20 fm).<br />

Portunus depressifrons (Stimpson, 1859) (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 7:<br />

58)<br />

Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 430, pi. 33, fig. 7; Rathbun, 1930, p. 84, pi. 41; Rathbun,<br />

1933, p. 47; Williams, 1965, p. 166, fig. 149.<br />

Range: North Carolina; Bermuda; south Florida; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas;<br />

Bahamas; Gulf of Campeche, off Yucatan; north coast of Cuba; Culebra;<br />

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Aruba, Netherlands Antilles; Old Providence Island<br />

(Carib.).<br />

Depth: surface to 29 m (tol6fm).<br />

Habitat: shallow water coves and inlets with sandy bottoms; on coral, shell,<br />

and grass-covered sand substrates.<br />

Remarks: Listed from northwest Florida by Wass (1955), Abele (1970), and<br />

Menzel (1971). Williams (1965) notes the lack of recent specimens from the<br />

Florida Keys. Ovigerous females have been reported from Florida in June and<br />

August, the Caribbean in August (Rathbtxn, 1930), and from Campeche in<br />

August (Williams, 1965). Chace (1956) recorded this species off the north coast<br />

of Yucatan. Abele (1970) provided detailed notes on the color of a live female<br />

and he listed it as common in St. Andrews Bay, Florida.<br />

Portunus floridanus Rathbun, 1930 (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 152: 82)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 82, pi. 40.<br />

Range: Key West, Florida.<br />

Depth: 82m (45 fm).<br />

Habitat: coral reefs.<br />

Portunus gibbesii (Stimpson, 1859) (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 7: 57)<br />

Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 428, pi. 33, fig. 1; Rathbun, 1930, p. 49, pis. 16-17; Williams,<br />

1965, p. 164, fig. 146; Felder, 1973a, p. 60, pi. 8, fig. 16.<br />

Range: Massachusetts to south Florida; Florida Keys and Straits; Dry Tor-

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