Eurytium limosum

Author
(Say, 1818)
Common Names
  • Broadback Mud Crab

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
3 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, New Yorkrk–Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Caribbean Sea–Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • soft substrate
  • associated with aquatic vegetation
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
Microhabitat
  • intertidal
  • rocks
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.

  • 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. 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.

  • Rabalais, S. C., W. Pulich, N. Rabalais, D. L. Felder, R. Tinnin, and R. Kalke. 1989. A biological and physiographical characterization of the Rio Carrizal Estuary, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science 31: 25–37.

  • 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.

  • Raz-Guzman, A., and L. J. Sánchez. 1996. Catálogo illustrado de cangrejos braquiuros (Crustacea) de la Laguna de Tamiahua, Veracruz, Mexico. Cuadernos del Instituto de Biología (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) 31: 1–52.

  • 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

  • Modern range in the U.S., as given in Williams (1984b) and repeated by Nizinski (2003), is not represented to extend north of South Carolina; however, early records include New York and New Jersey (Williams 1984b), and Ryan (1956) describes life history of the species in Chesapeake Bay; recent records also include ULLZ 4240 from North Carolina, ID by C. D. Schubart.

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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