Paraliomera longimana

Author
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1865)
Common Names
  • Longarm Coral Crab

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
154 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles–Colombia
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • epibiotic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • coral fragments
  • reef platform
  • cryptic fauna
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.

  • 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

  • Records include USNM 265121 from Colombia, ID confirmed by R. Lemaitre.

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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