Molecular phylogeny of Thoe Bell, 1836 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea) Author Santana, Jessica Colavite Amanda Marie Windsor Isabela Ribeiro Rocha Moraes Michelle Mollemberg Laira Lianos Antônio Leão Castilho William text Nauplius 2022 e 2022030 2022-10-17 30 1 15 https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2022030 journal article 10.1590/2358-2936e2022030 2358-2936 14667188 Thoe aspera Rathbun, 1901 ( Fig. 2A–D ) Thoe aspera Rathbun, 1901: 63 , text-fig. 10 [type locality: Ensenada Honda, Culebra , Puerto Rico , type material: male holotype (USNM 23773)]. — Rathbun, 1925:352 , text-fig.114, pl. 124, figs.4–5. — Rathbun, 1933: 22 . — Vélez, 1978: 74 , text-fig. 4. — Coelho, 1971: 141 . — Coelho, 1972: 214 . — Fausto-Filho, 1974: 82 . — Fausto-Filho, 1975: 82 . — Markham et al., 1990: 431 . — Melo, 1996: 250 , 1 text-fig. — Coelho et al., 2008: 24 . — Alves et al., 2012: 57 . — Windsor and Felder, 2014: 167 . Type material examined. Adult male, holotype (cl 10 mm , cw 7.84 mm ), 1 female , paratype ( USNM 23773 ), Puerto Rico , Ensenada Honda , Culebra Island , 18°18’18.0”N 65°18’05.0”W , R/V “Fish Hawk”, 9–10. ii.1899 ( Fig. 2C, D ) . Additional material examined. 1 juvenile male ( UF 44442 ), Panama , Bocas del Toro Province , Runway , 23.v.2016 , Leray , M., Michonneau , F. and Lasley, R. col. ; 1 female ( UF 44492 ), Panama , Bocas del Toro Province , Seagal , 09°17’21.3”N 82°17’44.6”W , 25.v.2016 , Leray , M., Michonneau, F. and Lasley, R. col. ; 1 female ( UF 44330 ), Mexico , Punta Puebla , 16.v.2016 , Leray , M., Michonneau, F. , Lasley, R. col. ; 1 male ( MNHN IU 2014-16077 ), Martinique , Grande anse du Diamant , Madibenthos Expedition , stn. AR129, 14°28’07.9968”N 61°01’08.0004”W , depth 6 m , 15.ix.2016 ; 1 ovigerous female ( MNHN IU 2014-16221 ), Martinique , Le Robert , Madibenthos Ex pedition, stn. A B193, 14°41’18.9996”N 60°50’9.996”W , depth 18 m , 19.ix.2016 ; 1 ovigerous female ( MNHN IU2014-16238 ), Martinique , Grande anse du Diamant , Madibenthos Expedition , stn. AR129, 14°28’07.9968”N 61°01’08.0004”W , 6 m , 15.ix.2016 ; 1ovigerous female( MNHN IU2017-1638 ), Martinique , Le Vauclin , Madibenthos expedition, stn. AB130, 14°32’00.0024”N 60°48’56.9988”W , depth 1 m , 20.ix.2016 ; 2 females ( USNM 1269593 ), Trinidad And Tobago , Man-O-War Bay , Charlottleville , 3.vii.1939 , Hardy, J.D. col., i.2015 , Windsor, A. det. ; 1 male , 2 juvenile males (cl 7.5 mm , cw 6.78 mm ) ( MZUSP 41773 ), Brazil , Pernambuco , Suape , depth 4 m , 26.x.2018 , Bochini , G. and Almeida A. col. ; 1 female , ( LSZ 185 ), Brazil , São Paulo , Ilhabela , Ilha da Vitória , depth 5 m , up to coral Madracis decactis fragments, 14.xii.2017 , Moraes , I.R.R. and Cobo, V.J. col ( Fig. 2A, B ). Emended diagnosis. Carapace armed with sharp spines and tubercles, 2 short spines at posterolateral angles. Rostral spines separated by a large V-shaped sinus.Basal article of antenna longer than broad, with 2 distal spines.Palm of cheliped 3times longer than wide. Merus of legs (P2–P5) with moderately dilated crests (meral extensions) in lateral margin. Figure 2. A–D Thoe aspera Rathbun, 1901 . A , B , Female, CL 7.5 mm, CW 6.78 mm, Brazil (LSZ 185). C , D , Male lectotype, CL 9.9 mm, CW 7.84 mm, Puerto Rico (USNM 23773). A , C, Habitus. B , D , Ventral view. E , Thoe erosa Bell, 1836 , habitus, male, CL 8.6 mm, Panama (eastern Pacific) (ULLZ 9738). F , Thoe puella Stimpson, 1860 , habitus, male, CL 10 mm, CW 11 mm, Guadeloupe (MNHN IU 2013 4256). Credit of photos: E, D. Felder; F, J. Poupin. Scale bars: 0.5mm. Habitat. Reef zone, between coral fragments and among algae covering coral rubble ( Markham et al., 1990 ). Type locality. Ensenada Honda , Culebra , Puerto Rico. Distribution. Western Atlantic: México , Puerto Rico , Panama , Martinique , Trinidad and Tobago , Colombia and Brazil (in the states of Pernambuco , Alagoas , and São Paulo )( Rathbun, 1901 ; Coelho,1971 ;