An annotated and illustrated checklist of the porcelain crabs of Panama (Decapoda: Anomura)
Author
Ferreira, Luciane Augusto De Azevedo
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Author
Anker, Arthur
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-27
5045
1
1
154
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5045.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5045.1.1
1175-5326
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Polyonyx confinis
Haig, 1960
Polyonyx confinis
Haig 1960: 234
, fig. 12(3), pl. 17;
Haig 1968: 72
;
Gore 1982: 21
;
García-Madrigal & Andréu-Sánchez 2009: 43
.
Material examined
. None.
Previous records from
Panama
.
Gore (1982)
.
Distribution
. East Pacific:
Nicaragua
and
Panama
(
Isla
Venao) (
Gore 1982
).
Ecology
. Intertidal and shallow subtidal, presently known depth range:
0–6 m
; the
type
specimens were dredged from a “bottom covered with mangrove leaves” (
Haig 1960
;
Gore 1982
).
Remarks
. Prior to
Gore’s (1982)
record of a single ovigerous female from Venao I.,
Panama
,
P. confinis
was known only from the male
holotype
and female
paratype
from Corinto,
Nicaragua
. The rarity of this species is certainly due to yet unknown “commensal” association, possibly with a larger burrowing animal.