Checklist of the shallow-water marine Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Barbados, West Indies
Author
Parasram, Nadeshinie
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nadeshinie.parasram@mycavehill.uwi.edu
Author
Santana, William
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willsantana@gmail.com
Author
Vallès, Henri
0000-0002-5040-5781
nadeshinie.parasram@mycavehill.uwi.edu
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-07-05
5314
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
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Ozius reticulatus
(Desbonne
in
Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
)
(
Fig. 6A
)
Lagostoma reticulata
Desbonne
in
Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 34
, pl. 4, fig. 6 [type-locality:
Guadeloupe
;
type
probably in MCZ];
Carré 2005: 23
.
Ozius integer
Smith
, 1871: 89
.
Ozius reticulatus
.
—
A.
Milne-Edwards 1873
–1881: 278, pl. 55, fig. 3;
Rathbun 1897: 15
;
Nutting 1919: 77
;
Rathbun 1920: 23
;
1921: 72
;
1924: 16
;
1930: 542
;
1933: 74
;
1936: 386
;
Rodríguez 1980: 369
;
Scelzo & Varela 1988: 37
;
García & Capote 2015: 5
, fig. 3i;
Poupin 2018: 178
, fig. 61a.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic:
Bahamas
,
Cuba
,
Jamaica
, St. John, St. Croix,
St. Martin
,
Guadeloupe
,
Isla
de Aves,
Martinique
,
Barbados
,
Isla
de Blanquilla,
Isla
de Margarita,
Isla
de Cubagua,
Tortuga
,
Bonaire
, and
Curaçao
(
Rathbun 1897
;
García & Capote 2015
;
Poupin 2018
).
Material examined.
Barbados
,
Drill Hall
,
St. Michael
, nearshore rubble,
13°04’36.30” N
,
59°36’26.63” W
,
1 ♀
CW:
20.4 mm
(
BLSZ 124
)
.
Rockley
,
Christ Church
,
13°04’26.59” N
,
59°35’57.83” W
, 1 Ô CW:
16.8 mm
(
BLSZ 031
)
.
Coconut Court
,
Christ Church
, nearshore rubble,
13°04’31.59” N
,
59°36’13.78” W
, 3 Ô CW: 13.01, 21.6,
10.4 mm
(
BLSZ 154
)
.
Idem
,
1 ♀
(juv.) CW:
10.4 mm
(
BLSZ 247
)
.
Idem
, 1 Ô CW:
10.4 mm
(
MZUSP 40883
)
.
Remarks.
Specimens of
Ozius reticulatus
were collected by hand in nearshore rubble habitat at low tide. These crabs were caught in the high intertidal (splash) zone on the west coast of
Barbados
under rubble rocks.
Rathbun (1921: 72)
reported
one female
specimen of
Ozius reticulatus
collected from
Barbados
during the Barbados-Antigua Expedition in 1918 (USNM 75968). Another specimen was collected by Nutting, during the same expedition (
one male
, USNM 69041). This species is very abundant on the south coast, but no specimens were collected from the east or west coasts of
Barbados
.