Osachila tuberosa

Author
Stimpson, 1871
Common Names
  • Thicklip Jewelbox Crab

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Min Depth
40 meters
Max Depth
190 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina–Gulf of Mexico, Antilles–northern South America, Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
References

  • Chace, F. A., Jr., C. R. Shoemaker, and T. E. Bowman. 1956. List of mysidacean, amphipod, euphausiacean, decapod and stomatopod crustaceans. Pp. 5–23 in S. Springer and H. R. Bullis, eds. Collections by the Oregon in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Special Scientific Report, Fisheries 196, Washington, D.C.

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

  • Melo, G. A. S., M. F. A. Torres, and O. Campos, Jr. 1998. Malacostraca - Eucarida. Brachyura. Dromiacea and Oxystomata. Pp. 439–454 in P. S. Young, ed. Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Museu Nacional, Série Livros n. 6, Rio de Janerio.

  • Pequegnat, W. E., L. H. Pequegnat, R. W. Firth, Jr., B. M. James, and T. W. Roberts. 1971. Gulf of Mexico Deep-Sea Fauna, Decapoda and Euphausiacea. Folio 20: Serial Atlas of the Marine Environment. American Geographical Society, New York.

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, 05-04-2024.

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