Euryplax nitida

Author
Stimpson, 1859
Common Names
  • Glabrous Broadface Crab

Edit

1
Min Depth
4 meters
Max Depth
90 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, North Carolina–Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean Sea–Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • soft substrate
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
Microhabitat
  • sand
  • shell debris
References

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

  • 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

  • Martínez-Guzmán and Hernández-Aguilera (1993) list a specimen that did not conform to typical characters of this species from Alacran Reef, in the south southeastern Gulf of Mexico; records now include ULLZ 7070 from the Campeche Banks in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, 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, 04-24-2024.

External Resources
Search for "Euryplax nitida" in:
Obis Map Block