Cataleptodius floridanus

Author
(Gibbes, 1850)
Common Names
  • Spoonfinger Rubble Crab

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
33 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, east Florida–Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea–Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
  • associated with aquatic vegetation
Microhabitat
  • rocky intertidal
  • mangrove roots
  • dead coral
  • seagrass
  • sponge
References

  • Guinot, D. 1968a. Recherches préliminaries sur les groupements naturels chez les crustacés décapods brachyoures. IV. Observations sur quelques genres de Xanthidae. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), série 2, 39(for 1967): 695–727.

  • Hernández-Aguilera, J. L., R. E. Toral Almazán, and J. A. Ruiz Nuño. 1996. Especies catalogadas de crustaceos estomatopodos y decapodos para el Golfo de México, Rio Bravo, Tamps. a Progreso, Yuc. Conabio, Dirección de Oceanografia, Secretaría de Marina, México.

  • Melo, G. A. S. 1998b. Malacostraca - Eucarida. Brachyura. Oxyrhyncha and Brachyrhyncha. Pp. 455–515 in P. S. Young, ed. Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Museu Nacional, Série Livros n. 6, Rio de Janerio.

  • 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.

  • Rathbun, M. J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 152: i–xvi, 1–609.

Endnotes

  • Guinot (1968a) segregates the eastern Atlantic form from this species, while acknowledging its close relationship.

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, 05-09-2024.

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