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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-