CRABS (BRACHYURA) OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

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96 Lawrence W. Powers Lophopanopeus Rathhun, 1898 Lophopanopeus distinclus Rathbun, 1898. Transferred to the genus Micropanope by Menzies (1948), see Micropanope distincta (Rathbun, 1898). Lophopanopeus lobipes (A. Milne Edwards, 1880). Transferred to the genus Hexapanopeus by Menzies (1948), see Hexapanopeus lobipes (A. Milne Edwards, 1880). MeZyfoia Stimpson, 1871 Melyhia ihalamlla Stimpson, 1871 (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 2: 144) Rathbun, \930, p. 562, pi. 230. Range: Dry Tortugas; north coast of Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti; Culebra and Vieques Islands; Barbados; Curagao; Colon, Panama; Abrolhos Islands, Brazil. Depth: low tide mark to 368 m (to 201 fm), most common to 82 m (45 fm). Habitat: coral, sand, rock, and broken shell bottoms. Remarks: The deepest recorded specimens (192 and 201 fm) are from off Havana, Cuba. Menippe de Haan, 1833 Menippe mercenaria (Say, 1818) (J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 448) Common Name: Stone Crab Hay & Shore, 1918, p. 439, pi. 35, fig. 8; Rathbun, 1930, p. 472, text-fig. 78, pis. 191-193; Williams, 1965, p. 183, figs. 164D-E, 166; Felder, 1973a, p. 64, pi. 9, figs. 2^3. Range: North Carolina to south Florida; Bahamas; Florida Keys; southwest Florida to south Texas; off Yucatan Gulf coast; north coast of Cuba; Jamaica. Depth: surface and intertidal to 51 m (to 28 fm). Habitat: in estuaries and bays of near-marine salinity; from sand, shell, clay, and mud substrates; in deeper waters on offshore reefs; in turtle grass (Thalassia) beds off northwest Florida; post-larval crabs are common in deeper channels and bays, under shell fragments; older juveniles and adults are among rocks, under stones, and on and among oyster bars. Remarks: Except for the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), this species is the most important crab commercially harvested on the Gulf coast, primarily in Florida. Williams (1965) summarizes much of the literature and accounts of the natural history of stone crabs in Texas are provided by Powell and Gunter (1968) and by Futch (1966) for Florida populations. Fotheringham and Brunenmeister (1975) offer general comments on the stone crab in the northwestern Gulf. Developmental studies include data on fertilization (Binford, 1913), zoeal stage descriptions (Porter, 1960), studies of effects of temperature and salinity on larvae (Ong and Costlow, 1970), effects of Mirex on larvae (Bookhout et al., 1972), and studies of larval energy budgets (Mootz and Epifanio, 1974). Studies
Crabs of the Gulf of Mexico 97 of behavior include those on mating (Flartnoll, 1969; Savage, 1971b), stridulation (Guinot-Dumortier and Dumortier, 1960), and shadow responses of larvae (Forward, 1977). Physiological research includes data on hormonal control of reproduction (Cheung, 1967, 1969), respiration in relation to habitat (A3a'es, 1938), gill area measurements (Gray, 1957), respiration and metabolism (Leffler, 1973), respiration and osmoregulation (Karandieva and Lee, 1967), and digestion and energjr balance (Suchenia and Claro Madruga, 1967). Information on growth, molting, and fisheries includes reports by Manning (1961), Savage and McMahan (1968), Savage (1971a), and Savage, Sullivan and Kalman (1974, 1975). Cheung (1973, 1976) studied regeneration of claws in relation to molting. Menzel and Hopkins (1956) described predation of stone crabs on oysters in Louisiana. Iversen and Beardsley (1976) studied shell disease in south Florida populations. Humes (1941a) noted the presence of a parasitic barnacle. Regional lists include Florida (Wass, 1955; Tabb and Manning, 1961; Dragovich and Kelly, 1964; Abele, 1970; Menzel, 1971; Lyons et al., 1971), Mississippi (Richmond, 1962; Franks et al., 1972; Christmas and Langley, 1973), Louisiana (Behre, 1950; Hoese and Valentine, 1972), Texas (Gunter, 1950; Whitten, Rosene and Hedgpeth, 1950; Hedgpeth, 1953; Hildebrand, 1954; Simmons, 1957; Parker, 1959; Hoese, I960; Leary, 1967), and the northeastern Gulf (Chace, 1956). Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 7: 53) Rathbun, 1930, p. 479, pi. 198, fig. 3, pi. 199. Range: east coast of Florida; ? Louisiana; north and south coasts of Cuba; Jamaica; Virgin Islands; Trinidad; Caribbean coasts of Panama and Colombia; Paraiba to Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil; Gabon, West Africa. Depth: shallow water, near shore. Habitat: tide pools; under rocks; near dock pilings; on sponges and among brji-Qzoans. Remarks: Rathbun's (1930) record of this crab from Louisiana has been questioned by Felder (1973a) because extensive collecting along the northwestern Gulf coast has produced no further specimens. The only other Gulf record would be that of a single male collected near Havana, Cuba (Rathbun, 1930). Micropanope Stimpson, 1871 (As restricted by Guinot (1967a, 1968b), this genus would include only the type species, M. sculptipes Stimpson, and one other, leaving a number of species formerly in Micropanope without an apparent generic name. Following a suggestion of Garth (pers. comm.), this list retains these orphaned species, not included in other genera by Guinot, as members of Micropanope, pending further clarification of their taxonomic status.) Micropanope barbadensis (Rathbun, 1921) (Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 9: 73), novo comb. Rathbun, 1930 (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 152: 446) iO Rathbun, 1930, p. -M-G, text-fig. 72.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Acknowledgme
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I Crabs SECTION DROMIACEA de Haan,
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Family TABLE II Endemic and Total S
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Family Dromiidae Prosopidae Homolid
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