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CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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Carpoporus Stimpson, 1871<br />

Crabsof the Gulf of Mexico 89<br />

Carpoporus papulosus Stimpson, 1871 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 2: 139)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 269, pi. 110, figs. 3-6, pi. Ill; Williams, 1965, p. 186, figs. 168,<br />

183B; Guinot, 1967b, p. 551, figs. 18-19, 22.<br />

Range: North Carolina; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas; west and northwest<br />

coasts of Florida; Alabama; north of Yucatan, Mexico.<br />

Depth: 33 to 110 m (18to60fm).<br />

Habitat: sand, broken shell, and coral bottoms.<br />

Remarks: Wass (1955) listed this species from northwest Florida.<br />

Calaleptodius Guinot, 1968<br />

Calaleplodius floridanus (Gibbes, 1850) (Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 3: 175)<br />

As Leplodius /iorirfanus—Rathbun, 1930, p. 297, pi. 137, figs. 1-2, pi. 138, fig. 1;<br />

Rathbun, 1933, p. 57.<br />

As Calaleplodius floridanus—Gmnot, 1968a, p. 706, figs. 20, 23, 29.<br />

Range: Bermuda; Bahamas; Florida Keys and Drjr Tortugas; northwest coast<br />

of Florida; north coast of Cuba; .Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Antigua;<br />

Barbados; Curasao; Panama to Colombia (Caribbean coasts; Abolhos Islands to<br />

Sao Paulo, Brazil.<br />

Depth: shallow water to 33 m (to 18 fm).<br />

Habitat: on coral and stone reefs; in Sargassum; in living sponges; from sand,<br />

shell, grassy, mud bottoms; intertidal pools in rocky areas; under rocks.<br />

Remarks: Menzel (1971) listed this crab as rare on oyster reefs at Apalachee<br />

Bay, Florida. Listed from Florida by Abele (1970). Sulkin (1973) described<br />

larval depth regulation and Epifanio (1972) studied the effects of dieldrin on<br />

larval development. Hazlett (1976) described agonistic behavior in this crab.<br />

Listed from Brazil bj^ Fausto Filho (1974), he provided notes on color of crab<br />

and its habitat.<br />

CWorof/ieZ/a Rathbun, 1897<br />

Chlorodiella longimana (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Hist. Nat. Crust., vol. 1,<br />

p. 401)<br />

Rathbun, 1930, p. 462, pi. 186; Rathbuii, 1933, p. 68, fig. 58.<br />

Range: Bahamas; east coast of Florida; Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas;<br />

Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Martinique; Barbados; Curagao.<br />

Depth: 5 to 154 m (3 to 84 I'm).<br />

Habitat: coral reefs; rock and stone substrates; in sponges.<br />

Remarks: Rathbun (1930) also listed this species from West Africa.<br />

Domecia Eydoux & Souleyet, 18'1'2<br />

Domecia acanthophora acanthophora (Desbonne & Schramm, 1867) (Crust.<br />

Guadeloupe, p. 35)<br />

As D. /lispida—Rathbun, 1930, p. 554, pi. 227; Pequegnat & Ray, 1974, p. 237,<br />

figs. 16-17.

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