Palicus alternatus

Author
Rathbun, 1897
Common Names
  • Labile Stilt Crab

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Min Depth
7 meters
Max Depth
285 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina–Gulf of Mexico, Colombia, Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • soft substrate
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
References

  • Campos, N. H., and B. Werding. 1991. Palicus alternatus Rathbun (Decapoda: Brachyura) un nuevo registro para el Caribe colombiano. Caldasia 16: 349–354.

  • 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. 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.

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, 04-25-2024.

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