Porcellanid crabs from Guadeloupe Island (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura), with an updated list of species from the Lesser Antilles
Author
Poupin, Joseph
Institut de Recherche de l’École Navale, IRENav, BCRM de Brest, Écoles Navale et groupe des écoles du Poulmic, CC 600, Lanvéoc, F- 29240 Brest cedex 09 (France) joseph. poupin @ ecole-navale. fr
Author
Lemaitre, Rafael
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746 (USA) lemaitrr @ si. edu
lemaitrr@si.edu
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Zoosystema
2014
2014-03-28
36
1
5
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2014n1a1
journal article
10.5252/z2014n1a1
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Petrolisthes gertrudae
Werding, 1996
Petrolisthes gertrudae
Werding, 1996: 300
, figs 1, 2 (
type
locality:
Guadeloupe
, also
Bonaire
). —
Werding
et al.
2003: 81
, tab. 1 (Lesser Antilles).
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — None.
DIAGNOSIS. — (Adapted from
Werding 1996
). Carapace smooth; supra-ocular and external orbital angles unarmed; epibranchial region unarmed.Carpus of cheliped anteriorly rounded, sometimes slightly denticulated on proximal portion; dorsal surface granulated; posterior margin unarmed. Palm of cheliped granulated on dorsal surface; anterior and posterior margins unarmed; anterior margin with thick tuft of long setae, not extended onto fixed finger; gape of fingers without pubescence. Ambulatory legs unarmed and devoid of setae on anterior margins; dactylus with four movable spines on posterior margin. Telson composed of seven plates
REMARKS. — Although
P. gertrudae
was originally described from
Guadeloupe Island
, it was not retrieved during KARUBENTHOS. It cannot be confused with any of the other porcellanid species recognized during the expedition based on the armatures on the carapace, cheliped and ambulatory legs, and the noticeable thick tufts of long setae covering the anterior margin of the palm of the cheliped (see
Werding 1996: 307
, fig. 1).
HABITAT. — Living on the exposed reef of the upper littoral region, in colony of zoanthid coral
Zoanthus fasciatus
(
Werding, 1996
)
.
DISTRIBUTION. — Lesser Antilles (ICA,
Guadeloupe
; IOV,
Bonaire
).