Panopeus lacustris

Author
Desbonne, 1867
Common Names
  • Knotfinger Mud Crab

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
3 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, Georgia–south Gulf of Mexico, Antilles–Brazil, Hawaii
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef
References

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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. 1984a. The mud crab, Panopeus herbstii, S.L. partitioned into six species (Decapoda: Xanthidae). Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 81 (for 1983): 863–882.

Endnotes

  • Records include ULLZ 4207 from Brunswick, Georgia, ID by D. L. Felder, and USNM 251441, 251442 from Sarasota, Florida, ID by A. B. Williams.

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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