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90 Lawrence W. Powers<br />
As D. acanthopliora acanlhophora—Guinot, 1964, p. 271, figs. 4-5, 7-8, 15;<br />
Williams, McCloskey & Graj^, 1968, p. 52.<br />
Range: North and South Carolina; east coast of Florida; Florida Keys and<br />
Dry Tortugas; West Flower Garden Bank, off Texas; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto<br />
Rico; Barbados; Curasao; Alagoas to Pernambuco, Brazil.<br />
Depth: low tide mark to 146 m (to 80 fm).<br />
Habitat: on coral reefs; among sponges; rocky and coral bottoms.<br />
Remarks: The Pacific specimens of D. hispida listed by Rathbun (1930)<br />
remain with the species indicated; the Atlantic specimens were referred by<br />
Guinot (1964) to D. acanthophora. Patton (1967) studied the ecology of this<br />
species on coral reefs (Acropora) off Puerto Rico. A single male was taken from<br />
Oculina off North Carolina by Williams, McCloskey and Gray (1968).<br />
Domecia hispidalLydoux & Souleyet, 1842.<br />
Atlantic specimens were referred to D. acanthophora (Desbonne & Schramm,<br />
1867) by Guinot (1964).<br />
Eri/j/iia Latreiile, 1817<br />
Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) (Species Insectorum, p. 505)<br />
Common Name: Calico Crab<br />
Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 439, pi. 35, fig. 6; Rathbun, 1930, p. 545, text-fig. 83, pi. 222;<br />
Rathbun, 1933, p. 76, fig. 64; Williams, 1965, p. 182, figs. 164A-C, 165; Felder,<br />
1973a,p. 64,pl. 9, fig. 5.<br />
Range: North Carolina; Bermuda; Bahamas; Florida Keys and Drj^ Tortugas;<br />
south Texas; north coast of Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Antigua;<br />
Barbados; Trinidad; Aruba, Netherlands Antilles; Caribbean coasts of Panama<br />
and Colombia; Parahyba, Brazil to Argentina.<br />
Depth: intertidal to shallow water subtidal.<br />
Habitat: coral and stone reefs; under rocks and in crevices of intertidal pools;<br />
on rock jetties; brackish ponds; in seaweed and sponges.<br />
Remarks: 0vigorous females are known from south Florida and the West<br />
Indies during March to September (Williams, 1965). Furtado-Ogawa (1972)<br />
noted habitats in Brazil.<br />
Etisus H. Milne Edwards, 1834<br />
Etisus maculatus (Stimpson, 1860) (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 7: 210)<br />
As Ptiymodius maculatus—Rathbun, 1930, p. 295, pi. 136; Rathbun, 1933, p. 57,<br />
fig. 49.<br />
As Etisus maculatus—Guinot, 1969b, p. 234.<br />
Range: Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas; Bahamas; north coast of Cuba; Puerto<br />
Rico; Virgin Islands.<br />
Depth: low tide mark and shallow water.<br />
Habitat: coral reefs; among rocks.<br />
Remarks: In transferring this species to Etisus, Guinot (1969b) remarks that