Checklist of the shallow-water marine Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Barbados, West Indies Author Parasram, Nadeshinie 0000-0002-5040-5781 nadeshinie.parasram@mycavehill.uwi.edu Author Santana, William 0000-0003-3086-4419 willsantana@gmail.com Author Vallès, Henri 0000-0002-5040-5781 nadeshinie.parasram@mycavehill.uwi.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-05 5314 1 1 62 http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN journal article 58227 10.11646/zootaxa.5314.1.1 8275b04f-a0c0-4696-9b88-db901ae7e1f2 1175-5326 8129832 2F9F4FA6-3551-4A89-B882-BBD3A19B11ED Pitho mirabilis (Herbst, 1794) ( Figs. 14A–E ) Cancer mirabilis Herbst, 1794: 152 [type-locality: unknown; types in Berlin Museum]. Othonia rotunda Rathbun, 1892: 258 , pl. 36, fig. 1. Pitho mirabilis . — Nutting 1919: 75 ; Rathbun 1921: 88 ; 1925: 366 ; 1936: 381 ; Rodríguez 1980: 273 ; Keith 1985: 261 , fig. 6B; Ng et al . 2008: 106; Windsor & Felder 2014: 148 , tab. 1; Carmona-Suárez & Poupin 2016: 376 , fig. 8I; Poupin 2018: 198 . Distribution. Western Atlantic: USA (Florida), Bahamas , Puerto Rico , St. Martin , Antigua , Guadeloupe, Barbados , Bonaire , Curaçao , and Venezuela ( Rathbun 1925 ; Carmona-Suárez & Poupin 2016 ; Poupin 2018 ; present study). Material examined. Barbados , Batts Rock , St. Michael , subtidal, 13°08’04.81”N , 59°38’12.30”W , 1 ♀ CW: 8.9 mm ( BLSZ 026 ) . One Sandy Lane , St. James , subtidal, 13°10’4.70”N , 59°38’17.48”W , 1 ♀ CW: 7.8 mm ( BLSZ 055 ) . Old Chefette , St. James , subtidal, 13°10’45.13”N , 59°38’25.62”W , 6 ♀ , 1 ♀ (ovig.), 2 Ô CW: 7.2, 7.5, 8.5, 7.4, 7.3, 8.7, 8.1, 8.6, 6.8 mm ( BLSZ 189 ) . Reeds Bay , St. James , subtidal, 13°13’9.10” N , 59°38’32.44” W , 2 Ô, 1 ♀ CW: 10.4, 8.1, 9.4 mm ( BLSZ 187 ) . Idem , 1 Ô CW: 10.0 mm ( MZUSP 40900 ) . Schooner Bay , St. Peter , subtidal, 13°14’40.82”N , 59°38’41.97”W , 1 Ô, 1 ♀ CW: 10.0, 10.2 mm ( MZUSP 40893 ) . Brandons , St. Michael , subtidal, 13°06’59.88”N , 59°37’44.52”W , 1 Ô CW: 13.1 mm ( BLSZ 246 ) . Remarks. This is the first record of Pitho mirabilis for Barbados . Caught in crab traps placed on rocky and sandy bottoms (~ 4 m deep) on the west coast of Barbados . Ovigerous female collected in October 2019 . This species is very abundant in Barbados . Pitho mirabilis can be identified by anterolateral teeth decreasing in size from anterior to posterior; arm of cheliped with small tubercles on the upper margin ( Carmona-Suárez & Poupin 2016 ). FIGURE 14. Superfamily Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 , Pitho mirabilis (Herbst, 1794) , male, cw 13.1 mm (BLSZ 246): A, dorsal view of carapace; B, dorsal view of frontal margin; C, right third maxilliped; D, ventral view of frontal margin. Scale bars: A, 20 mm; B–D, 1 mm. Genus Teleophrys Stimpson, 1860