Bathynectes longispina

Author
Stimpson, 1871
Common Names
  • Bathyal Swimming Crab

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Min Depth
100 meters
Max Depth
1455 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, Massachusetts-Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea–Colombia
Habitat-Biology
  • benthopelagic
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • slope
References

  • Chace, F. A., Jr., C. R. Shoemaker, and T. E. Bowman. 1956. List of mysidacean, amphipod, euphausiacean, decapod and stomatopod crustaceans. Pp. 5–23 in S. Springer and H. R. Bullis, eds. Collections by the Oregon in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Report, Fisheries 196, Washington, D.C.

  • Manning, R. B., and L. B. Holthuis. 1981. West African brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 306: i–xii, 1–379.

  • Nizinski, M. S. 2003. Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116: 96–157.

  • Powers, L. W. 1977. A catalogue and bibliography to the crabs (Brachyura) of the Gulf of Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science 20 (Supplement): 1–190.

Endnotes

  • Records include ULLZ 1667 collected by the Oregon II from northeast of Yucatan, 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, 05-14-2024.

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