Panopeus simpsoni

Author
Rathbun, 1930
Common Names
  • Oystershell Mud Crab

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
10 meters
Overall Geographic Range
south Florida–west Gulf of Mexico, Cuba
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • molluscan and other shells or shell hash
  • epibiotic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
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.

  • Martínez-Iglesias, J. C., O. Gómez, A. Carvacho, and R. Ríos. 1993. Nuevos registros de crustáceos decápodos (Crustacea: Decapoda) en la platforma marina de Cuba. Avicennia 1993/0: 9–13.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • As noted by Williams (1984a), the single record from Key West is questionable; distinction of this species from P. herbstii H. Milne Edwards remains somewhat in question, given their extreme similarity in morphology, color and genetic measures applied to date; formerly regarded as a Gulf of Mexico endemic, but it is also now reported to range to the southwestern coast of Cuba (Martínez-Iglesias et al. 1993).

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, 05-09-2024.

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