Zygopa michaelis

Author
Holthuis, 1961
Common Names
  • Blind Mole Crab

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Min Depth
4 meters
Max Depth
73 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Gulf of Mexico, Florida–Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • infaunal
  • burrower
References

  • Abele, L. G., and W. Kim. 1986. An Illustrated Guide to the Marine Decapod Crustaceans of Florida. State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation, Technical Series, Volume 8, Number 1, Parts1 & 2: 1–760.

  • Boyko, C. B. 2002. A worldwide revision of the Recent and fossil sand crabs of the Albuneidae Stimpson and Blepharipodidae, new family (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Hippoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 272: 1–396.

  • Reames, R. C., R. W. Heard, and T. S. Hopkins. 1982. Records of Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1960 (Decapoda, Anomura, Albuneidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Research Reports 7: 171–173.

Endnotes

  • Records include ULLZ 7565 from the Campeche Banks of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, ID by D. L. Felder.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-29-2024.

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