Clypeasterophilus rugatus

Author
Bouvier, 1917

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Min Depth
2 meters
Max Depth
16 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida Keys, Cuba, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • symbiotic
  • epibiotic
References

  • Campos, E., and H. Griffith. 1990. Clypeasterophilus, a new genus to receive the small-palped species of the Dissodactylus complex. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10: 550–553.

  • Griffith, H. 1987. Taxonomy of the genus Dissodactylus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae), with descriptions of three new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 40: 397–422.

  • Rathbun, M. J. 1918. The grapsoid crabs of America. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 97: i–xxii, 1–461.

Endnotes

  • Records include USNM 270515 from off southwestern Florida, ID by R. Lemaitre, and ULLZ 7103 from the Campeche Banks in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, ID by D. L. Felder; records in Rathbun (1930) and Powers (1977) appear under the junior synonym, Dissodactylus calmani Rathbun, 1918.

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, 05-10-2024.

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