Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Author
Gould, 1841
Common Names
  • Dwarf Crab
  • Estuarine Mud Crab
  • Harris Mud Crab
  • Mud Crab
  • White-tipped Mud Crab

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
37 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Brun–Gulf of Mexico, US Pacific Ocean, east Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • loose rubble or coral fragments
  • euryhaline
  • coastal freshwater
References

  • Álvarez, F., J. L. Villalobos, and R. Robles. 2005. 8. Crustáceos. Pp. 177–194 in J. Bueno, F. Álvarez, and S. Santiago, eds. Biodiversidad del Estado de Tabasco. Instituto de Biología. UNAM-CONABIO, México.

  • Galil, B., C. Froglia, and P. Noël. 2002. Vol 2. Crustaceans: decapods and stomatopods. Pp. 1–192 in F. Briand, ed. CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean. CIESM Publishers, Monaco.

  • 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.

  • Powers, L. W. 1977. A catalogue and bibliography to the crabs (Brachyura) of the Gulf of Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science 20 (Supplement): 1–190.

  • 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.

  • 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. 1984b. Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Endnotes

  • Records include USNM 260323 taken from an inland freshwater well in Marion county, central Florida, ID by R.B. Manning; also now known to occur in a number of Texas inland lakes and impoundments (http://www.tarleton.edu/~biology/MudCrab.html).

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, 05-13-2024.

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