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
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-07-05
5314
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN
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Macrocoeloma nodipes
(Desbonne
in
Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
)
(
Fig. 8A
)
Macrocoeloma nodipes
Desbonne
in
Desbonne & Schramm, 1867: 15
, pl. 5, fig. 13 [type-locality:
Guadeloupe
;
type
lost];
Abele 1970: 108
;
Coelho
et al
. 2008: 21
; Ng
et al
. 2008: 119;
Alves
et al
. 2012: 54
;
Carmona-Suárez & Poupin 2016: 359
, fig. 5F;
Poupin 2018: 185
, fig. 200.
Macrocoeloma trispinosum nodipes
.—
Rathbun, 1925: 468
;
1937: 87
;
Wass 1955: 168
;
Williams 1965: 264
;
1984: 328
, fig. 264, 275l;
Powers 1977: 53
;
Keith 1985: 256
, fig. 4A;
Abele & Kim 1986: 46
, fig. 517d;
Nizinski 2003: 130
.
Macrocoeloma trispinosum
variety.—
Rathbun 1925: 468
, pl. 168, fig. 1; 1933: 36;
Powers 1977: 53
;
Abele & Kim 1986: 46
, fig. 517c;
Williams 1984: 328
.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic:
USA
(
North Carolina
to Florida Keys),
Bermuda
, Gulf of Mexico, St. Thomas,
Antigua
, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Barbados
,
Bonaire
,
Curaçao
, and
Brazil
(
Carmona-Suárez & Poupin 2016
;
Poupin 2018
; present study).
Material examined:
Barbados
,
Carlisle Bay
,
St. Michael
, subtidal,
13°05’07.15”N
,
59°36’36.90”W
, 1 Ô CW:
29.6 mm
(
BLSZ 020
). Idem, 2 Ô,
1 ♀
CW: 10.5, 10.0,
10.3 mm
(
MZUSP 40886
,
40887
)
.
Remarks.
This is the first record of
Macrocoeloma nodipes
for
Barbados
. Caught in crab traps on rocky bottom (~
4m
deep) on the south coast of
Barbados
.
Rathbun (1921
,
1925
) reported two species from the genus
Macrocoeloma
that were not collected during the present study, these are
Macrocoeloma eutheca
(
Stimpson, 1871
)
and
Macrocoeloma intermedium
Rathbun, 1901
. Specimens of
Macrocoeloma eutheca
(
one female
, USNM 72901;
one female
, USNM 58010) were collected at depths of
0–126 m
(0–70 fathoms). Additionally,
one female
specimen (USNM 72261) of
Macrocoeloma intermedium
was collected from Pelican Island at a depth of
36 m
(20 fathoms).