Euchirograpsus americanus

Author
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Common Names
  • American Talon Crab

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Min Depth
30 meters
Max Depth
508 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Georges Bank or Banks–Gulf of Mexico, Antilles–Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • hard substrate
References

  • Álvarez, F., J. L. Villalobos, Y. Rojas, and R. Robles. 1999. Listas y comentarios sobre los crustáceos decápodos de Veracruz, México. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 70: 1–27.

  • Melo, G. A. S. 1996. Manual de Identificação dos Brachyura (Cananguejos e Siris) do Litoral Brasileiro. Plêiade/FAPESP, São Paulo.

  • 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.

  • Soto, L. A. 1986. Deep-water brachyuran crabs of the Straits of Florida (Crustacea, Decapoda). Anales del Instituto Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 13: 1–68.

  • Türkay, M. 1975. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Euchirograpsus mit Bermerkungenzu Brachygrapsus und Litocheira (Crustacea: Decapoda). Senckenbergiana Biologica 56: 103–132.

  • 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.

  • Williams, A. B. 1988a. Notes on decapod and euphausiid crustaceans, continental margin, Western Atlantic, Georges Bank to Western Florida, USA. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 86: 67–76.

Endnotes

  • Records include ULLZ 2534 from west of Sanibel Island, Florida, and ULLZ 3626 from Sackett Bank immediately west of the Mississippi River Delta, 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, 05-05-2024.

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