Uroptychus rugosus

Author
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

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Min Depth
174 meters
Max Depth
549 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • outer continental shelf
  • slope
References

  • Chace, F. A., Jr. 1942a. The anomuran Crustacea, 1. Galatheidea (Families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Porcellanidae). Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis expeditions to the West Indies in 1938 and 1939, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. Torreia (Havana) 11: 1–106.

  • Lalana, R., M. Ortiz, C. Varela, and N. Tariche. 2004. Compilación sobre los invertebrados colectados en las expediciones del “Atlantis” en el Archipiélago cubano. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas 25: 3–14.

  • Pequegnat, L. H., and W. E. Pequegnat. 1970. Deep-sea anomurans of superfamily Galatheoidea with descriptions of three new species. Pp. 125–170 in W. E. Pequegnat and F. A. Chace, Jr., eds. Contributions on the Biology of the Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M Oceanographic Studies, Volume 1, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston.

  • Pequegnat, W. E., L. H. Pequegnat, R. W. Firth, Jr., B. M. James, and T. W. Roberts. 1971. Gulf of Mexico Deep-Sea Fauna, Decapoda and Euphausiacea. Folio 20: Serial Atlas of the Marine Environment. American Geographical Society, New York.

Endnotes

  • Records include USNM 152482 from 549 m deep off Puerto Rico, ID by M. de Saint Laurent.

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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