Glyptoxanthus vermiculatus

Author
Lamarck, 1818

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
65 meters
Overall Geographic Range
northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea–south Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hab
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
References

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

  • 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.

Endnotes

  • Records include ULLZ 7865 from 45–48 m deep off northwestern Florida, ULLZ 2010 from shallow waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico, and ULLZ 2968 from shallow waters of Caribbean Seae Island off Honduras, ID by D. L. Felder; previous reports from the west coast of Africa are not assignable to this species (see Manning and Holthuis 1981).

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, 04-26-2024.

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