Hexapanopeus caribbaeus

Author
Stimpson, 1871

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
55 meters
Overall Geographic Range
east Florida, Cuba–south Antilles, northern South America–Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • epibiotic
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
References

  • Gómez, O., and M. Ortiz. 1976. Lista de braquiuros Cubanos. Ciencias, Ser. 8 Investigaciones Marinas 25: 1–20.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Range of this species into the Gulf of Mexico is questionable; its precise distribution along the coastlines of Cuba is poorly documented in available publications; records include ULLZ 6859 from the Indian River Lagoon on the Atlantic coast of Florida, 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, 05-08-2024.

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