Dyspanopeus sayi

Author
(Smith, 1869)
Common Names
  • Say Mud Crab

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
4 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Brun–Florida Keys, east Atlantic Ocean UK, Mediterranean Sea
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • associated with aquatic vegetation
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • coastal lagoon
Microhabitat
  • shell fragments
  • mud
  • algae
References

  • Abele, L. G. 1972 A reevaluation of the Neopanope texana-sayi complex with notes on N. packardii (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the northwestern Atlantic. Chesapeake Science 13: 263–271.

  • Galil, B., C. Froglia, and P. Noël. 2002. Vol 2. Crustaceans: decapods and stomatopods. Pp. 1–192 in F. Briand, ed. CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean. CIESM Publishers, Monaco.

  • Martin, J. W., and L. G. Abele. 1986. Notes on male pleopod morphology in the brachyuran crab family Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893, sensu Guinot (1978) (Decapoda). Crustaceana 50: 182–198.

  • 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.

  • Williams, A. B. 1984b. Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Endnotes

  • Records from south Florida west of the Florida Keys are reportedly assignable instead to D. texana (see Abele 1972, Powers 1977).

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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